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As well as being a regular revenue railroad, the Ohio Central had its own steam department that operated steam locomotives for tourist trains, excursions, and special events. When owner Jerry Joe Jacobson sold OHCR in 2008, he maintained ownership of the antique equipment, including the collection of steam locomotives.
As of 2012, the Age of Steam Roundhouse's website outlines its goals as: Preserve the steam locomotives, historic diesels, passenger cars, and other railroad relics in the collection of Jerry Joe Jacobson. Build a full-scale, operating, and realistic roundhouse and back shop to overhaul, repair, and maintain Jerry’s rolling stock.
The year 2004 saw a huge event in Ohio Central's steam operations when "Train festival 2004" took place from July 30 to August 1, 2004, in Dennison, Ohio. It was a major event featuring all of the OC's steam locomotives, some historic diesel locomotives as well as rolling stock, and many more rail-related activities, and No. 1293 took part in ...
The year 2004 saw a huge event in Ohio Central's steam operations when "Trainfestival 2004" took place from July 30 to August 1, 2004, in Dennison, Ohio. It was a major event featuring all of their steam locomotive, some historic diesel locomotives as well as rolling stock and many more rail-related activities.
A 4-6-0 camel built by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in 1869, housed at the National Museum of Transportation. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad began to look into developing high-powered steam locomotives in the early 1840s, and in 1844–1847 built a series of locomotives nicknamed "muddiggers". As with many early B&O locomotives, a spur gear ...
S-4 14 engines built 1953; RS-2 2 engines built 1949, and later sold to Lehigh Valley Railroad; RSD-5 26 engines built 1952; RS-1 2 engines built 1953; RS-3 2 engines built 1955; RSD-12 10 engines built 1956; RSD-7 12 engines built 1956, retired and traded to GE 1969; C-630 4 engines built 1967, and later sold to Robe River Mining of Australia
No. 6323 has only one surviving sister engine, No. 6325, who was famous for pulling President Harry S. Truman's campaign train across Michigan in 1948, as well as being used by the Ohio Central Railroad for excursion service from 2001 to 2004. It now resides at the Age of Steam Roundhouse in Sugarcreek, Ohio on static display.
Finally in 1937 the B&O bought the first multiple unit diesel locomotives to power its passenger trains. And in 1937 they ran the first coast to coast use of diesel electric locomotives. [5] The railroad put an end to the steam locomotive experiments, though wartime pressures would lead to purchase of many other new steam locomotives.