Chesapeake and Ohio Railway's "500"

Original Vintage Card
  
 Price: $19.95

Stock #:859612
Type: Postcard
Era: Real Photo
Postmark: 1948 Aug-27
Postmark City: Chicago Railroad Fair
Stamp: 1c
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

Additional Details:
The first coal-burning steam turbine-electric locomotive ever built and the largest single unit passenger locomotive in the world. It is 154 feet, 9 3/4 inches long, including the water tender, and has top speed of 100 miles per hour. The engine alone weighs 411-1/2 tons.

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