Tour of Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-6 H-8 Allegheny Steam Locomotive #1604 (B&O Railroad Museum)

Considering the complex operations of this engine, it’s unlikely that it will steam again. But hey, I’m at least happy it has a home!

Good video Mike, hit all the important stuff people usually miss. Thanks for combatting the spread of misconceptions.

Not an Allegheny but the similar looking 2-6-6-2 number 1304 is being restored by the western Maryland (albeit its taking a million years)

I'd love for you to do a video like this on the Baldwin 60000 that lives at the Franklin Institute in Philly...

It’s not the last one another one is in existence still

I also would like to add the 8 that were ordered by Virgina RR they were called the Blueridge class, also the fact brought up about the being the heaviest, that was from the first batch, and cost lima dearly wipeing out most of the money they made from the first batch, though much of the weight was due to over enginering as it was developled from paper to working locomotive, I also did a view of an artical on my channel from the C&O historical society about the H8 class, reading it on video and showing the wording, people say the allegeny is not as strong as a big boy but what they dont realize is the limit of the length of trains by the sidings on the c and o so it could have pulled way more, but the lenght limits of the sidings and length of storage tracks limited the size of trains, and the allegheny did what the c and o wanted it to do, did roughly twice the work of the H7 and in half the time even if it was used for drag freight when it was designed for fast freight, though it did on occasion pull 40 car Plus troop trains in ww2, I would like to add

What a tragedy that nobody had the sense to make video of them in action.

Looking at the inside of the cab it does not look like there is any room for a toilet. Where does the engineer or fireman go if they need to go to the washroom?

If I somehow become a multi-billionaire, I would buy one of these and restore it

a monster machine, sure wish it would get the 4014 treatment,,...love to hear and see it steam again...

I'm making/designing a train for a video game - thank you for the video, this is perfect reference material! Its probably going to be a steam engine that was converted to diesel lol. This is the first I've learned about trains, they are fantastic machines, especially this one!

I've only ever seen one 1601 and I can't imagine seeing it move with the size it is

What an impressive articulated locomotive specimen, i need to make an effort to visit this C&O h 8 "allegheny" class type one day.

Thankyou

I visited this locomotive this last Sunday. Many thanks for the detailed walkthrough!

I Wish Number 1604 will have more steam.

The Alleghenies, in my opinion, are the epitome of Lima's Super Power concept. Not only were their boilers bigger than the Big Boy's, they were also very efficient. The fact that they can produce so much drawbar horsepower with just 260 psi is impressive to me, and their steam generation probably surpasses any other steam locomotive.

I heard the yellow stone is heavier then big boys as well

Didn’t one of these locomotives explode in West Virginia?

Iirc the whistles on the cab forwards had a similar mechanism with a lever to control it

Too bad CSX doesn't lease this one, or the 1601, and put one back in operation, like UP did the Big Boy.

Their Total Weight Equal That OF The Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boys. The VIRGINIAN’s Monster 2-10-10-2s Sounded IF They Ought TO BE Bigger, Actually They Had Larger Boilers But Their Wheels Are Only 56 Inches IN Diameter 11 Inches Less Than A Chessie 2-6-6-6.

I would give my left pinky to work on the team that rebuilt that beauty. I have in in N scale brass and may get one in HO scale. Can weld, machine, fabricate and run lots of power tools. What a dream to see her run again. I know there are strange people who feel the same about the PRR T1 and I know how long 1309 and 4014 took. Dream on........

Jeezus look at that behemoth

The beast of C&O

Very well done. A superb video describing the layout and workings of a big articulated loco, not the usual 'which was best'. Keep it up.

Been there! Year and a half ago

Thank you very informative wish they would restore this like they did the 4014 BIG BOY!!