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USA: B&O Railroad Museum - 7

Posted: 17 Oct 2010, 19:59
by John Ashworth
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum, Baltimore, Maryland

Photos by John Ashworth, 09 October 2010

Chesapeake and Ohio #1604: One of two surviving "Allegheny"-class 2-6-6-6 locomotives. This one really is a monster and I believe it's one of the heaviest steam locomotives ever built.

Edited to add that according to Wikipedia, "These were the heaviest reciprocating steam locomotives ever built."