Chesapeake & Ohio RR 4-6-4 No. 490
Baltimore, Maryland, United States 		Location: B&O RR Museum
Status: Display
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Posted: Nov 19, 2006 @ 17:11:27 by MP

Plans are to restore this engine cosmetically and continue its display in the car shop.

Posted: Mar 5, 2006 @ 10:03:25 by bbunge
Currently on display in the north car shop.
Posted: Aug 29, 2005 @ 10:08:08 by peter m. preston
Starting in 1946, the Chesapeake &  Ohio took five of its Class F-19 Pacific 4-6-2 locomotives and converted them into Class L-1 Hudsons. This rework was done in its Huntington Shops and completed in 1947. All but one of the new L-1 were covered with a streamline stainless steel cowl which was painted yellow and silver. The tenders were cased in fluted stainless steel and tapered at the top so they would blend exactly with the new Bubb passenger cars. The "yellowbellies" as they were called by C&O crews were numbered 490 through 494 (No.494 did not have a cowl applied).