Product Details
- Product Dimensions: 2.17 x 34.06 x 9.45 inches
- Item Weight: 7.88 pounds
- Item model number: HR2951
- Manufacturer recommended age: 14 years and up
- Release date: January 1, 2024
- Language: English
- Manufacturer: Hornby Hobbies Ltd
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The 2-6-6-6 is an articulated locomotive with two leading wheels. Only two
classes were built: the "Allegheny" class by Lima Locomotive Works and the
"Blue Ridge" class for the Virginian Railway.Rivarossi has reproduced 3
versions of these Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6 articulated steam locomotives in H0
scale: HR2950, ˜Allegheny No 1601, HR2951, ˜Allegheny No 1632 and HR2952,
˜Allegheny No 1653.Sixty "Allegheny" class locomotives were built for the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway between 1941 and 1948, primarily to haul coal over
the Allegheny Mountains. With a power output of 7,500 hp, they were among the
heaviest steam locomotives ever built. The tenders had a 25,000-gallon water
tank and a 25-ton coal bunker, with the rear section higher to fit turntable
limits, leading to weight distribution issues.Only two Allegheny locomotives
survive today. One, C&O 1601, was donated to The Henry Ford Museum in 1956,
where it remains on display. The other, after being damaged by a flood in 1985
and cosmetically restored, is now housed at the B&O Railroad Museum.
