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Owner: Chesapeake & Ohio
Model:BLW 4-6-4Built As:CO 300 (4-6-4)
Serial Number:64351Order No:
Frame Number:25X30 cylinders, 78" driversBuilt:12/1941
Notes:1942, class L-2
Other locos with this serial:  CO 300(4-6-4)
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C&O 4-6-4 #300 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  C&O 4-6-4 #300 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  Here is the first in the L-2 class of Hudsons built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1942 for the Chesapeake & Ohio RR. Specifics - 78" driveers, 255 psi boiler pressure, 25x30" cylinders, engine weight of 439,500 lb, tractive effort of 52,103 lb, Arthur B. Johnson photo
Photo Date:  6/10/1945  Upload Date: 8/23/2015 10:11:27 AM
Location:  Cincinnati, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CO 300(4-6-4)
Views:  928   Comments: 0
CO 4-6-4 #300 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 4-6-4 #300 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in December of 1948 (serial #64135), the white sidewalls make it look sharper than most 4-6-4 Hudsons. A note on the back of the photo states "C&O L-2 #300 on radial track at Cincinnati Union Terminal Feb 13, 1953; 1:45PM (probably protection for diesels)." #300 had roller bearings on its side and main rods as well and was also unique in that it had Union Pacific style "elephant ear" smoke deflecters applied some time around 1948 but are not present by 1953 for this photo. It was one of only two C&O locomotives to recieve this modification. The L-2 was rated to pull a fifteen-car train at 90 mph (145 kph) on tangent level track. R.R. Malinoski photo
Photo Date:  2/13/1953  Upload Date: 3/24/2019 4:02:43 PM
Location:  Cincinnati, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 300(4-6-4)
Views:  465   Comments: 0


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