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Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) Steam Roster: Post-1900

Published: March 16, 2025

By: Adam Burns

928462163425378289628893698788.jpgChesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-6 #1642 leads empty coal hoppers into the yard at Handley, West Virginia, circa 1955. Photographer unknown. American-Rails.com collection.

Switchers

Wheel Arrangement Class Road Number(s) Quantity Builder(s) Completion Date Retirement Notes
0-6-0 C-3 15 1 Baldwin 1900 1951 -
0-6-0T C-5 13 1 Brooks (Alco) 1905 1934 ex-Hocking Valley #119
0-6-0 C-7 25-34 10 Richmond (Alco) 1905-1906 1930-1952 Covington & Cincinnati Elevated Railway & Transfer & Bridge
0-6-0F C-8 35-37 3 Porter 1949 - -
0-6-0 C-13 35 1 Brooks (Alco) 1906 1929 ex-Abingdon Coal & Iron
0-8-0 C-9 40-49 10 Pittsburgh (Alco) 1918 - ex-Pere Marquette #1300-1309
0-8-0 C-10 50-59 10 Baldwin 1921 - ex-Pere Marquette #1330-1339
0-8-0 C-14 60-69 10 Lima 1925 1949-1952 Formerly #100-109.
0-8-0 C-14 70-79 10 Lima 1926 1950-1953 ex-Hocking Valley #100-109.
0-8-0 C-8 80-82 3 Richmond (Alco) 1903-1911 1929-1931 -
0-8-0 C-14 90 1 Baldwin 1910 - -
0-8-0 C-15 110-124 15 Baldwin 1929 1952-1953 Formerly Class C-15A.
0-6-0 C-6 125-129 4 Brooks (Alco) 1907 1934, 1951 ex-Hocking Valley #125-129
0-10-0 C-12 130-144 15 Richmond (Alco) 1919-1923 1956 -
0-8-0 C-16 175-239 65 Alco 1930 1954-1957 -
0-8-0 C-16-A 240-254 15 Lima 1942-1943 - Sold to the Virginian in 1950.
0-8-0 C-16 255-284 30 Baldwin 1948 - Sold to the N&W in 1950.
0-8-0 C-13 340-359 20 Cooke (Alco) 1923 - ex-PM #1310-1329
0-8-0 C-11 360-369 10 Lima 1920 - ex-PM #1401-1410
0-8-0 C-16 380-394 15 Alco 1930 1953 ex-Pere Marquette #240-254

Freight

Wheel Arrangement Class Road Number(s) Quantity Builder(s) Completion Date Retirement Notes
Shay C-9 (4-truck) 1-15, 20 16 Lima 1903-1923 - -
Shay C-10 (3-truck) 16 1 Lima 1911 -
2-8-0 G-3 150-159 10 Brooks (Alco) 1910 1934-1949 ex-Hocking Valley #150-159
2-8-0 G-4 160-169 10 Brooks (Alco) 1910 1935-1951 ex-Hocking Valley #160-169
2-8-0 G-5 170-179 10 Richmond (Alco) 1911 1935 -
4-4-0 A-8 210-211 2 Manchester (Alco) 1900 1926-1929 ex-Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville
4-4-0 A-5 230-232 3 Baldwin 1903-1904 1925-1929 ex-Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville
2-8-0 G-12 299 1 Richmond (Alco) 1907 1924 ex-White Oak Railway #99
2-8-0 G-6 351-425 75 Richmond (Alco) 1899-1901 1935 -
2-6-0 E-6 425-426 2 Richmond (Alco) 1907, 1908 1930 ex-Island Creek Coal Company
2-6-0 E-5 427-428 2 Baldwin 1908 1935, 1946 ex-Virginia Air Line Railway
2-8-0 G-10 680-689 10 Baldwin 1900 1930 ex-Hocking Valley #212-224
2-8-0 G-8 710, 711 2 Richmond (Alco) 1907 1952 -
2-8-0 G-1 725-749 24 Brooks (Alco) 1911 1951 ex-Pere Marquette #901-925
2-8-0 G-2 750-774 25 Richmond (Alco), Brooks (Alco) 1910, 1911 1949-1951 ex-Pere Marquette #601-625
2-8-0 G-14 785, 786 2 Brooks 1907 1930 ex-Abingdon Coal & Iron #15-16
2-8-0 G-7 790-994 205 Richmond (Alco), Baldwin 1903-1907 1961 -
2-8-0 G-7 996-1001 6 Pittsburgh (Alco) 1916 - -
2-8-0 G-9 1010-1059 50 Richmond (Alco) 1909 1961 -
2-8-0 G-11 1060-1081 22 Baldwin 1903-1909 -1934 ex-Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville #201-222
2-8-2 K-5 1060-1069 10 Schenectady 1927 1952 ex-Pere Marquette #1041-1050
2-8-2 K-6 1070-1074 5 Baldwin, Alco 1911-1913 1949 ex-Pere Marquette #1095-1099
2-8-0 G-12 1080-1082 3 Baldwin 1906-1907 1935 ex-Hocking Valley #280-282
2-8-0 G-15 1085 1 Pittsburgh (Alco) 1916 1951 ex-Abingdon Coal & Iron #17
2-8-0 G-17 1095-1098 4 - - 1929-1935 ex-Sandy Valley & Elkhorn Railway; originally owned by the B&O.
2-8-2 K 1089-1099 11 Richmond (Alco) 1912-1913 1935-1952 ex-Hocking Valley #180-190
2-8-2 K-1 1100-1155 56 Richmond (Alco) 1911-1914 1935-1953 -
2-8-2 K-2 1160-1209 50 Richmond (Alco) 1924 - -
2-8-2 K-3 1210-1259 50 Richmond (Alco) 1924 - -
2-6-6-2 H-3 1275-1299 25 Schenectady (Alco), Richmond (Alco) 1917-1918 1935-1952 ex-Hocking Valley #200-224
2-6-6-2 H-3 1300 1 Brooks (Alco) 1910 - ex-Chicago & Alton
2-6-6-2 H-6 1300-1309 10 Baldwin 1949 1957 -
2-6-6-2 H-1 1301 1 Schenectady (Alco) 1910 1930 -
2-6-6-2 H-2 1302-1325 24 Richmond (Alco) 1911 1935 -
2-6-6-2 H-4 1325-1474 150 Richmond (Alco), Schenectady (Alco) 1912-1918 1930-1955 -
2-6-6-2 H-6 1475-1519 45 Richmond (Alco), Schenectady (Alco) 1920-1923 1952-1957 -
2-6-6-2 H-5 1520-1539 20 Schenectady (Alco), Baldwin 1919 1952 -
2-8-8-2 H-7 1540-1565 25 Alco 1923-1924 1952 -
2-8-8-2 H-7-A 1570-1589 20 Baldwin 1926 1952 -
2-6-6-6 H-8 1600-1659 60 Lima 1941-1948 - -
2-10-2 B-2 2000-2005 5 Baldwin 1918 1951 ex-Chicago & Eastern Illinois #2000-2005
2-8-2 K-3-A 2300-2349 50 Richmond (Alco) 1925-1926 - -
2-8-2 K-8 2350-2379 30 Lima, Schenectady (Alco) 1918-1919 1949-1951 ex-Pere Marquette #1011-1040
2-8-4 K-4 2700-2789 90 Alco, Lima 1943-1947 - -
2-8-4 N-1 2650-2661 12 Lima 1941 - ex-Pere Marquette #1216-1227
2-8-4 N-2 2670-2681 12 Lima 1944 - ex-Pere Marquette #1228-1239
2-8-4 N-3 2685-2699 15 Lima 1937 - ex-Pere Marquette #1201-1215
2-10-2 B-1 2950-2959 10 Baldwin 1919 - ex-Hocking Valley #130-139. Built as Lehigh Valley #4060-4069.
2-10-2 B-1 2960, 2961 2 Baldwin 1919 1952 ex-Pere Marquette 1198-1199; ex-Hocking Valley #141, #143; built as Lehigh Valley #4071, #4073.
2-10-2 B-4 2975-2989 15 Brooks (Alco) 1918 1949-1952 ex-Peere Marquette #1101-1115
2-10-4 T-1 3000-3039 40 Lima 1930 1952-1953 -
2-10-2 B-3 4000, 4001 2 Alco 1917 1949 ex-Chicago & Eastern Illinois #4000-4001; built as Wabash #2513, #2509.

Passenger

Wheel Arrangement Class Road Number(s) Quantity Builder(s) Completion Date Retirement Notes
4-4-0 A-14 83 1 Brooks (Alco) 1905 1935 ex-Hocking Valley #83
4-4-0 A-15 84-85 2 Brooks (Alco) 1907 1935 ex-Hocking Valley #84-85
4-6-0 F-12 86-88 3 Brooks (Alco) 1910 1935 ex-Hocking Valley #86-88
4-6-0 F-13 89-92 4 Brooks (Alco), Richmond (Alco) 1912, 1913 1931-1949 ex-Hocking Valley #89-92
4-4-2 A-16 275-294 20 Alco 1902-1916 1936-1949 -
4-6-4 L-2 300-307 8 Baldwin 1941-1942 1955 -
4-6-4 L-2-A 310-314 5 Baldwin 1948 1955 -
4-6-0 F-7 370, 371 2 Manchester (Alco) 1900 1926-1929 ex-Chicago Cincinnati & Louisville #101-102
4-6-0 F-11 375-387 13 Baldwin 1902-1904 1925-1952 ex-Chicago Cincinnati & Louisville #103-115
4-6-2 F-12 405-409 5 Baldwin 1914 1948-1949 ex-Pere Marquette #725-729
4-6-2 F-14 410-421 12 Brooks (Alco) 1920 1949 ex-Pere Marquette #711-722
4-6-2 F-15 430-456 27 Alco 1902-1911 1936-1952 -
4-6-2 F-16 460-467 8 Baldwin 1913 1951-1952 -
4-6-2 F-17 470-475 6 Richmond (Alco) 1914 1951-1952 -
4-6-2 F-18 480-485 6 Richmond (Alco) 1923 1952 -
4-6-2 F-19 490-494 5 Richmond (Alco) 1926 - Rebuilt as streamlined 4-6-4s.
4-6-2 F-20 486-489 4 Baldwin 1927 1952 ex-RF&P #325-328
4-6-4 L-1 490-494 5 C&O 1946-1947 1953-1955 -
4-8-0/4-8-4 M-1 500-502 3 Baldwin 1947-1948 1950 Steam turbines designed for the never-launched streamliner "The Chessie."
4-8-2 J-1 540-542 3 Richmond (Alco) 1911-1912 1951-1952 -
4-8-2 J-2 543-549 7 Alco, Baldwin 1918-1923 1951-1952 -
4-8-4 J-3 600-606 7 Lima 1935, 1942 1953 -
4-8-4 J-3-A 610-614 5 Lima 1948 - -

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