Pictures of CO 300

3/25/2025

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Pictures of CO 300

Owner:	Chesapeake & Ohio
Model:	BLW 4-6-4	Built As:	CO 300 (4-6-4)
Serial Number:	64351	Order No:
Frame Number:	25X30 cylinders, 78" drivers	Built:	12/1941
Notes:	1942, class L-2

Other locos with this serial: CO 300(4-6-4)

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C&O 4-6-4 #300 - Chesapeake & Ohio

Title:	C&O 4-6-4 #300 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:	Here is the first in the L-2 class of Hudsons built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1942 for the Chesapeake & Ohio RR. Specifics - 78" driveers, 255 psi boiler pressure, 25x30" cylinders, engine weight of 439,500 lb, tractive effort of 52,103 lb, Arthur B. Johnson photo
Photo Date:	6/10/1945 Upload Date: 8/23/2015 10:11:27 AM
Location:	Cincinnati, OH
Author:	Gary Everhart
Categories:	Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:	CO 300(4-6-4)
Views:	1035 Comments: 0

CO 4-6-4 #300 - Chesapeake & Ohio

Title:	CO 4-6-4 #300 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:	Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in December of 1948 (serial #64135), the white sidewalls make it look sharper than most 4-6-4 Hudsons. A note on the back of the photo states "C&O L-2 #300 on radial track at Cincinnati Union Terminal Feb 13, 1953; 1:45PM (probably protection for diesels)." #300 had roller bearings on its side and main rods as well and was also unique in that it had Union Pacific style "elephant ear" smoke deflecters applied some time around 1948 but are not present by 1953 for this photo. It was one of only two C&O locomotives to recieve this modification. The L-2 was rated to pull a fifteen-car train at 90 mph (145 kph) on tangent level track. R.R. Malinoski photo
Photo Date:	2/13/1953 Upload Date: 3/24/2019 4:02:43 PM
Location:	Cincinnati, OH
Author:	Gary Everhart
Categories:	Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:	CO 300(4-6-4)
Views:	566 Comments: 0

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