Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co., Passenger Train, steam locomotive no. 491, wiring for electric locomotives overhead.
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- ID
- MAT-00040
- DATE
- September 20, 1949
- CREATOR
- Unknown
- COLLECTION NAME
- Aubrey Mattingly Transportation Collection
- EXTENT
- 1 postcard : b&w.
- LOCATION
- Washington, District of Columbia, USA
More Information
- Repository
- CSTM Archives
- Other titles
- N/A
- Scope and Content
- C&O Railroad locomotive no. 491 (40604), a streamlined Hudson painted orange with stainless steel trim, is on eastbound train no. 2, the George Washington, travelling from Cincinnati to Washington, D.C. It has 12 cars in tow, travelling at 35 mph as it passes the Virginia Avenue tower entering Washington. It's running on the Pennsylvania Railroad's electrified tracks.
- Caption
- "C&O Railway's locomotive no. 491 (40604) streamlined Hudson painted orange and stainless steel with poppet valves on eastbound train No 2 the George Washington, Cincinnati to Washington, 12 cars at 35 mph passing Virginia Ave Tower, entering Washington, DC over PRR electrified tracks on September 20th, 1949."
- Language
- English
- Legacy ID
- N/A
- Notes
- N/A
- Keywords
- ['Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.; Passenger Train; Train de voyageurs']
- Rights
- Copyright unknown/Droit d'auteur inconnu
- Record Created
- 2016-11-10T23:06:36Z
- Record Updated
- 2024-01-22T15:56:29Z
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