Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-6 1624 has cut off from its eastbound coal train to take sand, coal, and water at Thurmond, W.Va., in September 1955.
Philip R. Hastings photo
C&O Allegheny 1624
By Angela Cotey | February 18, 2025
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C&O’s Allegheny class locomotive was one of two outsized symbols representing the late Chairman Robert R. Young’s belief that it wasn’t in America’s best interest to dieselize its railroads. Chessie’s steam turbine was the other one.