HO P3 C&O J3a 4-8-4 #614 Steam Loco/Excursion Service DC/DCC

Chesapeake
& Ohio 614 is a 4-8-4 steam locomotive built by the Lima
Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio, in June 1948 for the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway (C&O) as a member of the J3a class. As one of the
last commercially built steam locomotives in the United States, the
locomotive was built with the primary purpose of hauling long, heavy,
high speed express passenger trains for the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railway such as the George Washington and the Fast Flying Virginian.
Retired from active service in the late 1950s, the 614 was preserved
and placed on display at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore,
Maryland. In 1979, the locomotive was restored to operating condition
and was used for extensive mainline excursion service from the 1970s
until the late 1990s. Today the locomotive is on temporary display at
the C&O Railway Heritage Center in Clifton Forge, Virginia
awaiting a potential return to steam.
Most railroads called their 4-8-4s Northerns, which is short for the
railroad first using the 4-8-4 type, Northern Pacific Railroad. The
workers of the C&O could not see naming these locomotives
Northerns as the railroad was based in the southeast. The famous
Greenbrier Hotel in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, a major
resort on the C&O main line, was the inspiration for the name
Greenbrier applied to these 4-8-4s.
The C&O had a total of 12 4-8-4s, with the first five numbered
600-604 built in 1935, with the designation J-3. In 1942, two more were
ordered from Lima numbered 605-606. In 1948, the design changed
slightly and the 610-614 were produced, with the J-3-A designation. All
J-3s were retired in 1955; however, several (including 614) were
reactivated in 1956.
Due to increasing traffic, the C&O borrowed eleven 4-8-4s from
the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad (RF&P)
numbered 613-622. Because of one of the borrowed engines being numbered
614, the C&O renumbered J-3-A 614 to 611. Before the year
closed out, both the 611 (614) and RF&P engines were retired,
and 611 was sent to storage in Russell, Kentucky.

 
Features
 

 
NEW Paragon3
Sound & Operation System FEATURING ROLLING THUNDERTM with
Authentic Sounds and Prototypical Operation in both DC and DCC
environments
 Factory Installed Engineer / Fireman Figures
 Synchronized Puffing Smoke with each Chuff
 Variable Puffing Smoke Intensity and Timing
 Locomotive Composition: Brass body with Die Cast Chassis
 Tender Composition: Brass body with Die Cast Chassis
 Couplers: (2) Operating Kadee or Compatible
 Compatible Tracks: Code 70, 83, 100 Rail
 Equipped with Traction Tires
 Minimum Operating Radius: 22 in or greater

 **Specifications
on this page subject to change.