To contribute to C&O 2716's restoration here: https://www.kentuckysteam.org/donation?mc_cid=842d02ed85&mc_eid=198a75c226 It's been a LONG time since we've provided an update on the restoration of Chesapeake & Ohio 2716, and there are several reasons why, all of which are discussed in this video between KSHC President Joseph Darby and Chief Mechanical Officer Jason Sobczynski. While work on 2716 has been slow-going, the future looks incredibly bright - and we need your help! Last month, we announ

Captured at Shepherdsville, KY, Clinchfield 800 and C&O 2716 are seen at speed on one of the fastest, mainline deadhead moves in recent memory on CSX Transportation. | Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp.

Historic locomotive C&O 2716 is undergoing an extensive restoration at our steam shop. Two weeks ago, the engine got to soak up the sun on display out in front of the shop for the 2021 Ravenna Railroad Festival. After all the festivities, visiting Steam locomotive #126 did the honors taking 2716 back into place for more work. Thanks to Barney Gramling, owner of 126 - for the use of his locomotive for the weekend. We can’t wait to push your engine around sometime soon with 2716 🙂 | Kentucky Stea

Click here to see the full video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0xLUxb63VYE With Nickel Plate Road 587 getting all of the attention lately, we thought we'd kick things back to thirty-six years ago when C&O 2716 was disguised as "Southern" 2716. In May of 1982, K-4 locomotive 2716 pulled a series of special public excursions in Virginia's beautiful western coal fields. Mainline Motion Pictures was there to capture the historic trips on video. Out of circulation for years, this nearly 40-year-old fi

Southern 2716 charges over a rural grade crossing with an 8-car excursion in tow. | Monty's Trains

Numbered CSX 1869 in honor of the year the C&O was formed, CSX’s newest heritage locomotive commemorates the proud history of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway! The C&O Railway was a major line among North American freight and passenger railroads for nearly a century before becoming part of the Chessie System in 1972. Each of our new heritage locomotives is reinforcing the #ONECSX team’s pride in the history of CSX as we continue to move the nation’s economy with safe, reliable and sustainable rai

Chesapeake & Ohio No. 377 isn’t just a locomotive—it’s a moving testament to resilience and the power of reinvention. Born in 1902 as #108 for the Cincinnati, Richmond & Muncie Railroad, this 4-6-0 “Ten Wheeler” was crafted in Philadelphia by Burnham, Williams & Co.—the precursor to the famed Baldwin Locomotive Works. Its journey was marked by bold transformations: soon after its debut, the railroad merged into the Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville Railroad, and by 1909, following a bankruptcy, i