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| Title: |
CO Steam Turbine #501 |
| Description: |
Up close view of the air intake grill of the Chesapeak & Ohio steam Turbine #501. This was enlarged from a photo y C.W. Jernstrom. Note the praying mantis caught on the lower left side. |
| Photo Date: |
7/13/1948 Upload Date: 6/29/2025 10:58:13 AM |
| Location: |
Greenwood, VA |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam,Track |
| Locomotives: |
CO 501(John Henry) |
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| Title: |
CO Steam Turbine #501 |
| Description: |
Three experimental steam turbine locomotives were built for the Chesapeake & Ohio by Baldwin and Westinghouse in 1948-49. They had conventional fire-tube boilers mounted backward to regular practice. They were streamlined and looked like nothing else on the rails. They were built for speeds of 100 miles per hour. The only problem was that they were incredibly complex. They spent much more time in the shop than on the rails. Coal dust fouled the forward traction motors and water dripping from the boiler often short circuited the traction motors on the other two powered trucks. Eventually they were quietly scrapped in 1950. C.W. Jernstrom photo |
| Photo Date: |
7/13/1948 Upload Date: 6/29/2025 10:58:14 AM |
| Location: |
Greenwood, VA |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam,Track |
| Locomotives: |
CO 501(John Henry) |
| Views: |
8 Comments: 0 |
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