Chesapeake & Ohio Class L-1

The Chesapeake & Ohio L1 Hudsons are a class of 4-6-4 "Hudson" type steam locomotives that were built between 1946-1947 for the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad.
Five rebuilt as L1 class Hudson (4-6-4) types at the C&O's Huntington, WV, workshops in 1946. Four (#490-#493) were fitted with the streamlining originally painted in orange. Following the acquisition of the Pere Marquette Railway, they were repainted yellow in 1948, which earned the rebuilt locomotives the somewhat unendearing nickname of "Yellowbellies"; but these were major rebuilds and only the outer boiler shell was retained from the older locomotives.
Following WWII, the C&O was determined to revive falling passenger numbers and the four locomotives were designed to handle connecting services to the Chessie, a proposed new luxury art service between Washington, DC, and Cincinnati, OH, to replace the George Washington.
The first two L1s were retired in 1953, and the second two followed in 1955. Three of the four streamlined locomotives were then scrapped, leaving #490 the sole survivor and the only surviving streamlined Hudson type. It was one of the last two of the class to retire. It can still be seen today on static display at the B&O Railroad Museum. The locomotive has been on display since 1971 after it was given to the museum by the C&O, who found a new home for its Historical Collection.
==Stock list==
Image	Loco No.	Manufacturer 	Status
 	490 	American Locomotive Company	On static display at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, MD
 	491 	American Locomotive Company	Scrapped
 	492 	American Locomotive Company	Scrapped
- 	493 	American Locomotive Company	Scrapped
- 	494 	American Locomotive Company	Scrapped
==Gallery==
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6F27BCDF-2A44-4699-ABE0-0BEA01205ABE.jpeg|Engine #493 sits in a scrapyard in Chicago IL, where it was sold for scrap.
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