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Owner: Chesapeake & Ohio
Model:Lima 2-6-6-6Built As:CO 1606 (2-6-6-6)
Serial Number:7826Order No:1154
Frame Number:4 of 22½X33 cylinders 67" drivBuilt:1/1942
Notes:1941, H-8 class
Other locos with this serial:  CO 1606(2-6-6-6)
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CO 2-6-6-6 #1606 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 2-6-6-6 #1606 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  The ground must have shook when this monster rolled past even at slow speeds! Wish I could have heard its huffing and puffing in the West Virginia hills! Specifics - H-8 class, 67" drivers, impressive 260 psi boiler pressure, 22.5x33" cylinders, engine weight of 771,300 lb, massive tractive effort of 110,211 lb, scrapped between 1952-56. Arthur B. Johnson photo
Photo Date:  8/2/1953  Upload Date: 10/25/2015 6:25:46 AM
Location:  Russell, KY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 1606(2-6-6-6)
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