2-6-6-6 "Allegheny" Locomotives in the USA

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The Chesapeake & Ohio and the Virginian were the only two railroads to have this type of locomotive. The C&O called them Alleghenies. The Virginian called them the Blue Ridge type.

Number of "Allegheny" Type Locomotives Built by Year
	Year
Railroad	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	Totals
Road Numbers	1600-1609	1610-1619		1620-1644	900-907			1645-1659
C&O	10	10		25				15	60
VGN					8				8
Totals:	10	10		25	8			15	68

Allegheny and Blue Ridge Locomotives

Number of "Allegheny" Type Locomotives Built by Year
	Year
Railroad	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	Totals
Road Numbers	1600-1609	1610-1619		1620-1644	900-907			1645-1659
C&O	10	10		25				15	60
VGN					8				8
Totals:	10	10		25	8			15	68

Railroads that used 2-6-6-6 "Allegheny" Locomotives in the USA (data provided by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media)

Railroads that used 2-6-6-6 locomotives in other countries

Surviving Examples of 2-6-6-6 "Allegheny" Locomotives in the USA

No.	Class	F.M. Whyte	Gauge	Railroad Line	Location	Status	Builder Info	Notes
1604	H-8	2-6-6-6	4'-8½"	C&O	B&O Railroad Museum, Baltimore, MD	display	Lima #7824, 1941	From Russell, KY the Roanoke, VA
1601	H-8	2-6-6-6	4'-8½"	C&O	Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI	display	Lima #7821, 1941

Web Pages

Reference

TRAINS, December 1998: "C&O's Monster Allegheny Engines"
C&O Historical Society Magazine, May/June 2017 "Chesapeake & Ohio Allegheny 2-6-6-6 Locomotive: A Retrospective" by Karen Parker
TRAINS, June, 1968: "The Big Engines" by Robert Le Massena

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