Ad
related to: ohio central steam locomotives pictures to color
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
As well as being a regular revenue railroad, the Ohio Central had its own steam department that operated steam locomotives for tourist trains, excursions, and special events. When owner Jerry Joe Jacobson sold OHCR in 2008, he maintained ownership of the antique equipment, including the collection of steam locomotives.
Guide to North American Steam Locomotives. Kalmbach Publishing Company. pp. 78–88. ISBN 0-89024-206-2. Doyle, Jerry (2006). Chesapeake & Ohio Diesel Locomotives in Color 1949 - 1971. Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society. pp. 37, 52, 88– 89, 100, 122. ISBN 1-883089-97-2
Preserve the steam locomotives, historic diesels, passenger cars, and other railroad relics in the collection of Jerry Joe Jacobson. Build a full-scale, operating, and realistic roundhouse and back shop to overhaul, repair, and maintain Jerry’s rolling stock. Operate the steam locomotives on freight trains.
The year 2004 saw a huge event in Ohio Central's steam operations when "Trainfestival 2004" took place from July 30 to August 1, 2004, in Dennison, Ohio. It was a major event featuring all of their steam locomotive, some historic diesel locomotives as well as rolling stock and many more rail-related activities.
Built by Baldwin in 1918, No. 4500 was the very first USRA standard 2-8-2 locomotive ever built, and it operated on the B&O's Ohio Division mainly hauling freight until it was retired from service in 1958, but not before being renumbered to 300 in order to make way for four-digit numbered diesel locomotives. In 1960, the locomotive was donated ...
The year 2004 saw a huge event in Ohio Central's steam operations when "Train festival 2004" took place from July 30 to August 1, 2004, in Dennison, Ohio. It was a major event featuring all of the OC's steam locomotives, some historic diesel locomotives as well as rolling stock, and many more rail-related activities, and No. 1293 took part in ...
The Chesapeake and Ohio class H-8 was a class of 60 simple articulated 2-6-6-6 steam locomotives built by the Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio between 1941 and 1948, operating until the mid 1950s. The locomotives were among the most powerful steam locomotives ever built and hauled fast, heavy freight trains for the railroad.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway's J-1 and J-2 classes were two classes of 4-8-2 steam locomotives introduced on the Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) for hauling heavy passenger trains over the Allegheny Mountains. The J-1s were the first 4-8-2s in the United States and earned the wheel arrangement the name of "Mountains" after the C&O's Mountain ...