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The locomotive was built to power coal trains on the 0.57% eastward climb from White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, to Alleghany, Virginia. With one at the front and another at the back, 11,500-ton coal trains left Hinton, West Virginia, and were at full throttle from White Sulphur Springs to the top of the grade at Alleghany. C&O's 2-6-6-6s ...
In January 2011, the 614 was moved to the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke, Virginia for its Thoroughbreds of Steam exhibit. [10] In May 2011, the 614 was again moved to the C&O Railway Heritage Center in Clifton Forge, Virginia. [10] From there, it was repainted in preparation for display for the Greenbrier Presidential Express.
The Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad (reporting mark DGVR) is a heritage and freight railroad in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia. It operates the West Virginia State Rail Authority-owned Durbin Railroad and West Virginia Central Railroad (reporting mark WVC), [1] [2] as well as the Shenandoah Valley Railroad in Virginia ...
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway's K-4 class were a group of ninety 2-8-4 steam locomotives purchased during and shortly after World War II. [1] Unlike many other railroads in the United States, the C&O chose to nickname this class "Kanawha", after the river in West Virginia, rather than "Berkshire", after the region in New England.
Pages in category "Preserved steam locomotives of West Virginia" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The train was planned to be called the Chessie, and it was to be mainly hauled by M-1 class steam turbine locomotives between D.C. and Cincinnati. [2] The C&O also decided to rebuild their F-19 locomotives as 4-6-4 "Hudsons" to haul the Chessie feeder trains out of Newport News, Virginia and Louisville. [1] [3]
Buffalo Creek and Gauley Railroad No. 4 is a preserved 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type steam locomotive. It was constructed by Baldwin in 1926 as the only locomotive to be bought-new by the Buffalo Creek and Gauley Railroad. It served the railroad by pulling coal and lumber trains throughout Clay County, West Virginia until it
Elk River Coal and Lumber No. 10 is a 2-8-2, Mikado type steam locomotive built by American Locomotive Company in 1924 and used by its owners to haul mine waste from Rich Run Mine in Widen, West Virginia. It was retired in 1959 and moved to its present location at Huntington, West Virginia, in 1977. [2] [3]