Where is C&O 614 now?
Retired from active service in the late 1950s, the 614 was preserved and placed on display at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland.
What do the numbers on a steam locomotive mean?
In this system numbers are assigned to the leading, driving, and trailing wheels of the locomotive. The first number is the number of leading wheels. The middle number (or numbers) give the number and arrangement of drivers. The last is the number of trailing wheels (typically under the firebox).
What kind of locomotive is the C & O 614?
The C&O 614 is a 4-8-4 Greenbrier (the railroad did not call its 4-8-4s by the more traditional name of Northern) and another one of the more well known steam locomotives due to its once highly successful excursion services, which occurred in the 1980s and 1990s.
What was the purpose of the 614 steam engine?
American Coal Enterprise was developing a modern steam locomotive to be used as an alternative to rising oil costs by burning coal, known as the ACE 3000 Project. The 614 was modified for better performance under the guidance of David Wardale, and fitted with testing equipment to measure the performance of the engine.
When was the Chesapeake and Ohio 614 built?
Build date. Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) #614 is a 4-8-4 ‘Northern’ type steam locomotive. History. In June 1948, Chesapeake & Ohio #614 was built by the Lima Locomotive Works of Ohio. The C&O called there 4-8-4s ‘Greenbriers’, instead of Northerns.
Where was the reading and northern 614 locomotive stored?
The 614 was moved to storage on the Reading and Northern Railroad in Port Clinton, Pennsylvania. In 2000. Rowland put the 614 up for auction at the NJT maintenance facility, but no buyers were interested. The locomotive is still maintained by Iron Horse Enterprises, the most recent servicing of the locomotive being in 2006.