You could always tell when C&O 614 had been working a heavy train on a grade. The smokebox would be as shiny and as black as it was when it started the trip. From the drivers back, the engine woul... (more)

Chesapeake & Ohio 4-8-4 No. 614 pauses against the row of old buildings near the former Erie station in Port Jervis, N.Y. The locomotive turned here on a trip from Hoboken over NJ Transit.

Chesapeake & Ohio 4-8-4 No. 614 storms up the hill out of Port Jervis, N.Y., on NJ Transit/Metro North.

The Chessie Safety Express marches into its destination of Somerset, Pennsylvania. C&O 4-8-4 #614 has brought the long yellow train from Cumberland, Maryland.

The Greenbrier Express

Before heading back to New Jersey, we opted to stop in Clifton Forge, VA to see C&O 614, a locomotive which once regularly hauled excursions through New ... (more)

C&O 614 thunders north on the B&O Somerset branch after leaving the main line at Rockwood. This was a Cumberland, MD to Somerset, PA excursion sponsored by the Western Maryland Chapter of the NRHS... (more)

Former C&O J-3 4-8-4 puts on a spectacular display of smoke and steam prior to pulling into Orlando for a northbound excursion. The locomotive ran weeknd trips from Orlando with the Family Lines S... (more)

Former C&O J-3 4-8-4 sits at Ybor City just before returning to Orlando with the Family Lines Safety Express. The big Lima ran trips out of Florida cities that month.

The Garrett Indiana bound Chessie Safety Express is seen here heading east through Willow Creek on the old B&O line in 1981.

614 simmers in Glenwood yard while a crew tends to her coaling and lubrication needs. In a few short hours, she will power the Chessie Safety Express to Meyersdale.

C&O 4-8-4 No. 614 was made by Lima Locomotive of Lima, Ohio in 1948 and was the last passenger steam locomotive commercially built in the USA. For three seasons in the late 1990's, it was the loco... (more)

614 is barking as she pulls the Chessie Safety Express up the grade from B&O's Pittsburgh passenger station to join the freight line at Glenwood Junction.

Chessie 614 struts out of Thurmond, WV with the Chessie Safety Express after a photo run by. The train had begun the day at Cliftion Forge, VA.

Chesapeake & Ohio 614 has turned and is back on its train as it gets ready to leave Terra Alta, W.Va., with the Chessie Safety Express. The trip originated in Cumberland, Md., and featured the lon... (more)

Chessie System ran their Safety Express behind steamer 614 in the summer of 1981. This image was taken as it cruised along the B&O mainline between Youngstown and New Castle. The Pittsburgh and La... (more)