Chessie (train)
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The Chessie was a proposed streamlined passenger train developed by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in the late 1940s. The brainchild of C&O executive Robert R. Young, the Chessie would have operated
#500, one of three Class M-1 steam turbine locomotives delivered to the C&O for the Chessie. The locomotives proved unreliable and were quickly scrapped.
The line issued this postcard depiction of the train's observation car with dome.
Steam turbine locomotive
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A steam turbine locomotive was a steam locomotive which transmitted steam power to the wheels via a steam turbine. Numerous attempts at this type of locomotive were made, mostly without success. In th
Chessie (train)
…schedule between Washington, D.C., and Cincinnati, Ohio. The train's luxury lightweight equipment was built new by the Budd Company. A revolutionary new steam turbine locomotive would have provided power, including speeds up to 100 miles per hour (160 km/h). Although the equipment was delivered, a worsening financial outlook…
Ljungström steam turbine locomotive with preheater (circa 1925)
Henschel T38-2555, with the steam turbine tender
Ljungström locomotive of 1921
SBB Nr. 1801