C&O steam turbine

C&O steam turbine

By Angela Cotey | April 1, 2023

| Last updated on August 7, 2025


Large steam locomotive at a switch.
Chesapeake & Ohio 500 was one of three class M-1 steam-turbine-electric locomotives built by Baldwin-Westinghouse in 1946–47 for the new Chessie streamliner. But the road de-emphasized its passenger business, the Chessie never ran, and the M-1’s led short lives. Classic Trains coll.
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