C&O engine #614 climbs the arduous hills of the Chessie System, including 17 Mile Grade, Cranberry and Sand Patch grades - all on former B&O tracks. <br><br>What a show of steam! This is the only photographic record of an extraordinary feat, in which the famous C&O engine #614 climbs one of the toughest grades in the eastern United States, the infamous 2.5% Cranberry grade. 614 slows to a walk. Blasts from the stack are slower than human breath, but the engine never falters.<br><br>Watch C&O engine #614 in this spectacular display of steam power as the engine takes on the slopes of the Chessie System. <br><br>#614 ascends one of the toughest grades in the eastern United States, unassisted, with a full compliment of heavyweight passenger cars. The legendary 2.5% Cranberry grade is rarely photographed because of its remote location deep in the West Virginia mountains. Eyeball to eyeball pacing let's you experience Chessie power up close.<br><br>The film also captures #614 tackling the f |
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