The Chesapeake & Ohio Class J3a was a class of five 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotives built by the Lima Locomotive Works for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.
History[]
The Chesapeake & Ohio Class J3a was a class of five 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotives built by the Lima Locomotive Works for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway with a total of five examples ever built by the Lima Locomotive Works.
Withdrawal of the class had occurred and one example survives into preservation.
The Sole Survivor[]
Main Article: Chesapeake & Ohio No. 614
Chesapeake and Ohio No. 614 was built in June 1948, and was retired from revenue service in 1952, but three years later, it, as well as No. 610 were taken out of retirement and put back into revenue service to pull heavy freight trains in favor of the upcoming freight traffic on most American railroads, it was retired from revenue service in 1955 and it was placed in a scrap line in front of the C&O's diesel shops in Russell, Kentucky, It remained there in that one spot for almost two decades until Ross Rowland had traded and exchanged it for Reading T1 No. 2101, which was previously damaged in a roundhouse fire.
614 was restored over the next eighteen months with a cost of $1.5 million, it was renumbered to 614T for Ross Rowland's ACE 3000 Project, 614 ran in active service until being retired from excursion service in 1999, it was then placed on display in Clifton Forge, Virginia.
As of today, No. 614 still is on display in Clifton Forge, Virginia and is still in the livery of the failed Greenbrier Presidential Express.
Stock list[]
| Image | Loco No. | Build date | Rebuild date | Manufacturer | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 610 | - | - | Lima Locomotive Works | Scrapped | ||
| 611 | - | - | Lima Locomotive Works | Scrapped | ||
| 612 | - | - | Lima Locomotive Works | Scrapped | ||
| 613 | - | - | Lima Locomotive Works | Scrapped | ||
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614 | June 1948 | 1979–1980 | Lima Locomotive Works | On static display at Clifton Forge, Virginia | Renumbered to 614T for Ross Rowland's ACE 3000 Project until the cancellation of Ross Rowland's ACE 3000 Project. |