A replica of the DeWitt Clinton offers a stark contrast to one of the largest steam locomotives ever built, the C&O Allegheny.

Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-6 No 1629 was built by the Lima Locomotive Company in 1944, one of 25 Alleghenies in the third order of these locomotives. These H-8 Class single-expansion articulateds had... (more)

Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-6 No 1629 was built by the Lima Locomotive Company in 1944, one of 25 Alleghenies in the third order of these locomotives. These H-8 Class single-expansion articulateds had... (more)

Sitting in the engineers seat of C&O 1601 shows a steam pressure gauge that has not moved in nearly 45 years.

You are looking at the world's most powerful articulated steam locomotive, C&O H-8 2-6-6-6 Allegheny 1601. It and it's brethren were rated for 7,498 horsepower at 46 MPH. Interesting how single un... (more)

C&O 1601's cab is immaculate at the Ford Museum. Here is a fun fact, if you pull the throttle, you get steam sound effects. Cool! To keep people from tripping on the grate shakers the museum has... (more)

The DeWitt Clinton and C&O 1601 composite the greatest display of alpha and omega design I have ever seen. Any observer can grasp the genealogy of steam locomotive engineering with this tableau. ... (more)

Mouth of the beast? Throat of the beast? This view of the tender, from the cab, shows the auger of the stoker. The coal would pass under the cab and into the firebox.

A close-up of the face of C&O Allegheny 1604. Unfortunately, this impressive engine is shoehorned into a buidling alongside other equipment in such a way that you can't really take her all in at ... (more)

Backhead plate mounted in the cab of C&O 2-6-6-6 No. 1604, on display indoors at the B&O Railroad Museum.

This is the C&O Allegheny type at the B&O Railroad Museum. The sophistication of this locomotive is seen in the design of so many details. The high pressure steam pipes are a most usual configurat... (more)

This is the C&O Allegheny type at the B&O Railroad Museum. The sophistication of the steam piping on this locomotive is the most complex of any I have seen. A Big Boy looks relatively simple but s... (more)

C&O "Allegheny" 1604 on display indoors at the B&O railroad museum. The engine, which spent many years outdoors, has not been repainted but has been rubbed down with a special oil-based substance... (more)