Invention and Engineering

Chesapeake and Ohio class H-8

The Chesapeake and Ohio class H-8 is a class of 60 simple articulated 2-6-6-6 steam locomotives built by the Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio between 1941 and 1948, operating until the mid 1950s. The locomotives were among the most powerful steam locomotives ever built and hauled fast, heavy freight trains for the railroad. Only two units were preserved; Nos. 1601 and 1604.

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• ▸John Logie Baird
• ▸Improvisation No. 30 (Cannons)
• ▸Gallium

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