Chesapeake & Ohio Greenbrier type 4-8-4 Locomotives
Clifton Forge, VA: Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society, 1994. Softcover. Color illustrated softcovers. Fine, fresh copy. 62 pp. with bibliography. Illustrated with vintage photos, drawings, tables and a route map inside rear cover. The story of one of the most famous and often discussed steam locomotives on the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, the J-3/J3-A class 4-8-4 type called "Greenbrier". The usual name for this locomotive was "Northern" but the C&O, with its roots in Old Virginia, didn't want to use this title and so adopted one that associated with the territory of southeastern West Virginia through which the engine would haul their trains. The book traces the history f these fabulous locomotives from 1935 through the last to operate in 1955. Fine. Item #E36131
ISBN: 9780939487189
Price: $24.95