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| Title: |
CO Steam Turbine #500 - Chesapeake & Ohio |
| Description: |
Amateur photo of the C&O experimental steam turbine locomotive built in 1947 by Baldwin with Westinghouse electrical traction motors. Nicknamed "John Henry", the unique locomotive and its 2 sisters had multiple problems causing constant breakdowns and delays. They ended up on the dead line in 1949 and quietly scrapped in 1950. This innovative steam locomotive just could not beat the diesel superiority. C.W. Jernstrom labeled photo |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1948 Upload Date: 11/19/2015 7:11:55 AM |
| Location: |
Clifton Forge, VA |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CO 500(John Henry) |
| Views: |
771 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CO Steam Turbine #500 - Chesapeake & Ohio |
| Description: |
Interesting amateur photo showing two crew members getting ready to load coal in the hopper located at the front of C&O #500, the "John Henry". Coal dust drifting backward from this position in the loco fowled the forward traction motors and caused many breakdowns. Other problems plagued the 106 feet long, 856,000 lb, five trucked (2-C1-2-C1-B arrangement) steam turbine locomotive. It and its 2 sisters were retired in 1949 and scrapped in 1950. The innovative steam experiment had failed again and diesels were here to stay. C.W. Jernstrom labeled photo |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1948 Upload Date: 11/19/2015 7:13:36 AM |
| Location: |
Clifton Forge, VA |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CO 500(John Henry) |
| Views: |
1168 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
C&O 500 |
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| Photo Date: |
11/25/1948 Upload Date: 11/10/2012 4:40:20 PM |
| Location: |
Clifton Forge, VA |
| Author: |
Daniel Barnett |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CO 500(John Henry) |
| Views: |
2380 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
C&O 500 at the Fair |
| Description: |
Technology that failed |
| Photo Date: |
8/4/1949 Upload Date: 1/22/2011 11:28:10 PM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Lew Schneider |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
CO 500(John Henry) |
| Views: |
3034 Comments: 6 |
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| Title: |
CO Experimental Steam Turbine #500 |
| Description: |
Interesting front view of the experimental steam turbine built by Baldwin and Westinghouse as a possible alternative to the traditional coal burning steam locomotive. Only three were built and proved expensive to operate and mechanically unreliable. Nevertheless, it's an interesting footnote to railroading. The unknown photographer's notes were more extensive on the camera settings than the loco - Ciroflex "B" camera, 1/25th sec exposure, f/10, EXX film, film size 120, taken at 2:45pm, printed on paper #4 |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1949 Upload Date: 2/18/2019 5:11:23 PM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
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| Locomotives: |
CO 500(John Henry) |
| Views: |
467 Comments: 0 |
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