Invention and Engineering

Chesapeake and Ohio 490

Chesapeake and Ohio 490 is a L-1 class 4-6-4 "Hudson" type steam locomotives built by the ALCO's Richmond works in 1926 originally as an F-19 class 4-6-2 "Pacific" type to be used to pull the Chesapeake and Ohio's secondary passenger trains. It was eventually rebuilt in 1946 to become a streamlined 4-6-4 for the C&O's Chessie streamliner. After the Chessie was cancelled, No. 490 remained in secondary passenger service, until it was retired in 1953. It spent several years in storage in Huntington, West Virginia, until 1968, when it was donated to the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. It remains on static display at the museum, as of 2026.

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See also

• ▸Chicago – New York Electric Air Line Railroad
• ▸Hariya (Nagasaki publishing house)
• ▸Bavarian AA I

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