Allegheny Steam Locomotive, 1941
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The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway's massive Allegheny, introduced in 1941, represents the peak of steam railroad technology. Among the largest and most powerful steam locomotives ever built, it weighed 1.2 million pounds with its tender and could generate 7,500 horsepower. Just 11 years later, C&O began pulling these giants from service. Diesel-electric locomotives proved more flexible and less expensive.
The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway's massive Allegheny, introduced in 1941, represents the peak of steam railroad technology. Among the largest and most powerful steam locomotives ever built, it weighed 1.2 million pounds with its tender and could generate 7,500 horsepower. Just 11 years later, C&O began pulling these giants from service. Diesel-electric locomotives proved more flexible and less expensive.
Artifact
Steam locomotive
Date Made
1941
Keywords
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Transportation - Trains
Object ID
56.50.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.
Material
Steel
Color
Black (Color)
Yellow
Dimensions
Height: 16.46 ft
Width: 11.17 ft
Length: 125 ft
Weight: 1200000 lbs
Inscriptions
builder's plate: 7821 / LIMA / LOCOMOTIVE WORKS / INCORPORATED / DECEMBER / 1941 marked in yellow in front: 1601 C AND O FOR PROGRESS marked in yellow each side of tender: CHESAPEAKE & OHIO marked in yellow in the rear: 25000 GALS / 25 TONS / 1601.
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