Chesapeake & Ohio Steam Locomotive 614 on Reels

🚂 September C&O 614 Restoration Update – Now Public! 🚂 The September update video is here! 🎥 This month’s progress at Strasburg includes: 🔧 Completion of boiler jacketing and lagging removal—the boiler is now fully exposed for inspection 🔥 Firebox work—tubes and flues coming out to allow close examination and prep for repairs 📏 Ultrasonic testing—the interior firebox UT work has been completed, giving us critical data on sheet thickness and areas requiring renewal 🚞 Running gear plans—Soo

🚂✨ C&O 614 — October 2025 Restoration Update is Here! ✨🚂 In this month’s update, you’ll get a rare look inside 614’s boiler following the complete removal of all tubes and flues, revealing the interior of the boiler barrel and firebox, and exposing some of the staybolts, now ready for detailed inspection. Preparations are also underway for the cab removal and the upcoming lift of the locomotive so that all driving, pilot, and trailing wheels can be rolled out for inspection and servicing — a s

C&O 4-8-4 No. 614 was quickly restored and fired up again for the 1980 "Chessie Safety Express" excursions thanks to Ross Rowland. The Reading 2101 which was the first option was severely damaged in a 1979 roundhouse fire. From the GSVP show "C&O 614 Revival" https://rfd.video/614Revival | Steam Giants

4.6K views · 463 reactions | Chesapeake & Ohio 614. From Mark I Video “Chessie Steam Special,” available at link below. | Dynamo Productions | Facebook

Become a Virtual Railfan member to watch this camera live. Click here to join now for just $4.99 monthly: https://virtualrailfan.com/memberships/ Check it out! Chesapeake & Ohio J3a Class 4-8-4 614 was moved from its long-time home in Virginia to the Strasburg Rail Road in Strasburg, Pa., on the weekend of June 7 and 8, the first step toward an eventual operational restoration. The last time the engine ran publicly was on NJ Transit in the 1990s. Thanks to team member Bruce Williams for capturin