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Owner: Chesapeake & Ohio
Model:BLW 4-6-4Built As:CO 312 (4-6-4)
Serial Number:73535Order No:
Frame Number:25X30 cylinders, 78" driversBuilt:8/1948
Notes:1948, class L-2-A
Other locos with this serial:  CO 312(4-6-4)
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CO 4-6-4 #312 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 4-6-4 #312 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  According to SteamLocomotive.com, this class was the last steam passenger locomotives ordered by a US railroad. The loco had 78" drivers, developed 255 psi for its 25"x30" cylinders, had an engine weight 439,500 lb, and generated a tractive effort of 52,103 lb. Max Miller photo
Photo Date:  11/11/1950  Upload Date: 5/2/2014 8:16:47 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 312(4-6-4)
Views:  648   Comments: 0
CO 4-6-4 #312 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 4-6-4 #312 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  Good looking Baldwin built 4-6-4 Hudson delivered to the Chesapeake & Ohio in 1948. This beauty pulled the crack varnish until being replaced by diesels in 1955. Specs - L2-A class, 78" dirvers, impressive 255 psi boiler pressure, 25x30" cylinders, engine weight of 439,500 lb, tractive effort of 52,103 lb. C.W. Jernstrom photo
Photo Date:  8/5/1951  Upload Date: 7/14/2016 4:54:36 AM
Location:  Cincinnati, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 312(4-6-4)
Views:  517   Comments: 1
CO 4-6-4 #312 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 4-6-4 #312 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  Caught here as one of the stars on display at the national NRHS convention in Richmond, VA, the 1948 Baldwin built 4-6-4 Hudson survived the cutter's torch in 1955. Specs - L2-A class, 78" dirvers, impressive 255 psi boiler pressure, 25x30" cylinders, engine weight of 439,500 lb, tractive effort of 52,103 lb. at NRHS convention, Arthur B. Johnson photo
Photo Date:  9/2/1966  Upload Date: 7/14/2016 4:54:40 AM
Location:  Richmond, VA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 312(4-6-4)
Views:  408   Comments: 0


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