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Chesapeake and Ohio classes J-1 and J-2
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1911· steam locomotive
what is it?
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway's J-1 and J-2 classes were two classes of 4-8-2 steam locomotives introduced on the Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) for hauling heavy passenger trains over the Allegheny Mountains. The J-1s were the first 4-8-2s in the United States and earned the wheel arrangement the name of "Mountains" after the C&O's Mountain Divisions over which they would traverse.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 115 years ago, in 1911.
- Weighs about as much as 25 African elephants (~6 t each).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1911–1912
- retired
- 1948
- status
- retired
- number built
- 3
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- American Locomotive Company
- operators
- Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-8-2
- weight
- 150 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q108240491, Wikipedia: Chesapeake and Ohio classes J-1 and J-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.