C&O RR Engine No. 490 with tender

Authors

Files

Collection

0227: Marshall University Regional Photograph Collection

Institution

Marshall University Archives and Special Collections

Date

1946

Description

C&O RR engine No. 490 with tender, b&w. Note with this photo reads: Locomotive 490, a coal-burner, is the first streamlined engine on the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway. Rebuilt in the road's own shops at Huntington, W.Va., it is jacketed in stainless steel. This is a 4-6-4 steam engine. Newspaper article says originally built in 1926 as a 4-6-2, but converterd to 4-6-4 in 1946. Pulled passenger trains Nos 1 & 2, "The George Washington."

Format

Photograph

Subject

Subject Terms: Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Railroad locomotives Railroads

Type

Still Image

Usage Rights

Copyright not evaluated.

Identifier

1978.0227.02.16.03

Recommended Citation

"C&O RR Engine No. 490 with tender" (1946). 0227: Marshall University Regional Photograph Collection. 107.
https://mds.marshall.edu/marshall_regional_photograph_collection/107