DCC Ready
Pristine Finish
Road Number: 1644

Details Included: Metal Handrails, 5-Pole Motor with Flywheel, Operating Headlight, Knuckle Couples.

History
The Allegheny was first produced for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway for the coal runs from the terminal in Hinton, West Virginia and 80 miles to the east to Clifton Forge, Virginia. The locomotive’s name came from the steep climb through the mountain range of the same name. Two Alleghenies were needed to take the 10,000 ton loads of coal up to the summit at 2,072 feet, one pushing and one pulling, once the summit was reached, one Allegheny could pull the rest of the trip.

Lima Locomotive Works built the first sixty of the 2-6-6-6 Class H-8 Allegheny from 1941 to 1948. The Allegheny weighed in as the heaviest steam locomotive ever produced weighing in at 1.5 million pounds. The 2-6-6-6 wheel arrangement was to help evenly distribute the weight on the rails that accumulated towards the back of the locomotive. A six-wheeling trailing truck was needed to help support the weight of the firebox also allowing the engine to become the most powerful reaching up to 7,500 horsepower. The last working Allegheny was removed in 1956 opening up a new era to diesel locomotives, but the Allegheny would always be remembered as an American icon.