Chesapeake and Ohio 614

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Chesapeake and Ohio 614 is a 4-8-4 "Greenbrier" (Northern) type steam locomotive, built in June 1948 by the Lima Locomotive Works (LLW) in Lima, Ohio for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) as a member of the J-3-A class. As one of the last commercially built steam locomotives in the United States, the locomotive was used to haul long, heavy, high speed express passenger trains for the C&O, such as the George Washington and the Fast Flying Virginian. Retired from active service in the mid-1950s, No. 614 was preserved and placed on display at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1979, railroad preservationist Ross Rowland purchased the locomotive and restores it to operating condition for extensive mainline excursion service from the early 1980s until the late 1990s. After almost 20 years of excursion service, the locomotive sat in storage for the next two decades whilst Rowland attempted to return the locomotive to service but was unsuccessful. From 2011 to 2025, No. 614...

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