List of Chesapeake and Ohio locomotives

Locomotives operated by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.

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Steam locomotives

Class H: 2-6-6-2, 2-8-8-2, 2-6-6-6

Class H was used for the 2-6-6-2, 2-8-8-2, and 2-6-6-6 Allegheny types

• Chesapeake and Ohio class H-1 2-6-6-2
• Chesapeake and Ohio class H-2 2-6-6-2
• Chesapeake and Ohio class H-3 ex-Hocking Valley Railway 2-6-6-2
• Chesapeake and Ohio class H-4 2-6-6-2
• Chesapeake and Ohio class H-5 2-6-6-2
• Chesapeake and Ohio class H-6 2-6-6-2
• Chesapeake and Ohio class H-7 and H-7-A 2-8-8-2
• Chesapeake and Ohio class H-8 2-6-6-6

Class J: 4-8-2 and 4-8-4

Class J was used for 4-8-2 Mountain and 4-8-4 Greenbrier types

• Chesapeake and Ohio class J-1 4-8-2
• Chesapeake and Ohio class J-2 4-8-2
• Chesapeake and Ohio class J-3 and J-3-A 4-8-4

Class K: 2-8-2 and 2-8-4

C&O's "Big Mike" #2705, a 2-8-4 Class K-4 "Kanawha" built by Alco in 1943, at the B&O Railroad Museum in 2008

Class K was used for 2-8-2 Mikado and 2-8-4 Kanawha types

• Chesapeake and Ohio class K ex-Hocking Valley Railway 2-8-2
• Chesapeake and Ohio class K-1 2-8-2
• Chesapeake and Ohio class K-2 2-8-2
• Chesapeake and Ohio classes K-3 and K-3-A 2-8-2
• Chesapeake and Ohio class K-4 2-8-4
• Chesapeake and Ohio class K-5 ex-Pere Marquette Railway 2-8-2
• Chesapeake and Ohio class K-6 ex-Pere Marquette Railway 2-8-2
• Chesapeake and Ohio class K-8 ex-Pere Marquette Railway 2-8-2

Class L: 4-6-4

C&O L-1 class

Class L was used for 4-6-4 "Hudson" types.

• Chesapeake and Ohio class L-1
• Chesapeake and Ohio classes L-2 and L-2-A

Class M: Steam-Turbine-Electric

Class M was used for a single class of 2-C1+2-C1-2 Steam-turbine electric locomotives.

• Chesapeake and Ohio class M-1

Class T: 2-10-4

Class T was used for a single class of 2-10-4 "Texas" types

• Chesapeake and Ohio class T-1

Diesel locomotives

ALCO

• S-2 58 engines built 1949–1950
• S-4 14 engines built 1953
• RS-2 2 engines built 1949, and later sold to Lehigh Valley Railroad
• RSD-5 26 engines built 1952
• RS-1 2 engines built 1953
• RS-3 2 engines built 1955
• RSD-12 10 engines built 1956
• RSD-7 12 engines built 1956, retired and traded to GE 1969
• C-630 4 engines built 1967, and later sold to Robe River Mining of Australia

Baldwin

• DRS-6-6-1500 3 engines built 1949
• AS-616 39 engines built 1950–1953

EMD

Switchers

• NW2 35 built for the C&O
• SW7 26 built for the C&O
• SW9 35 built for the C&O
• TR3 Cow-Calf-Calf 2 sets built in 1949
• TR4 Cow-Calf 2 sets built and operated together for use on the Dawkins Sub. out of Paintsville, KY.

Passenger Cab units

• E8A 31 built for the C&O

Freight Cab units

• F7A 94 built for the C&O
• F7B 54 built for the C&O
• FP7 16 built for the C&O

Road Switchers

General Purpose (GP) 4 Axle

• GP7 180 built for the C&O
• GP9 363 Built for the C&O
• GP30 48 Built for the C&O
• GP35 41 Built for the C&O
• GP38 60 Built for the C&O
• GP39 20 Built for the C&O
• GP40 50 Built for the C&O

Special Duty (SD) 6 Axle

• SD18 19 Built for the C&O
• SD35 14 Built for the C&O
• SD40 59 Built for the C&O
• SD50 43 Built for the C&O

GE

Road Switcher 4 Axle

• U23B 30 Built for the C&O
• U25B 38 Built for the C&O
• U30B 33 Built for the C&O

Road Switcher 6 Axle

• U30C 13 Built for the C&O

Dash 7

• B30-7 30 Built for the C&O

References

• Drury, George H (1993). Guide to North American Steam Locomotives. Kalmbach Publishing Company. pp. 78–88. ISBN 0-89024-206-2. 
• Doyle, Jerry (2006). Chesapeake & Ohio Diesel Locomotives in Color 1949 - 1971. Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society. pp. 37, 52, 88–89, 100, 122. ISBN 1-883089-97-2.