| | 4-8-2 -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) |
 | | This locomotive type, an obvious progression from the (Click link for more info and facts about 4-6-2) 4-6-2 "Pacific" type, was first built by (Click link for more info and facts about ALCO) ALCO for the (Click link for more info and facts about Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad) Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad in 1911. |
 | | The C&O named this locomotive type the Mountain after the (The western part of the Appalachian Mountains; extending from northern Pennsylvania to southwestern Virginia) Allegheny Mountains the type was built to tackle. |
 | | Although the C&O intended their new Mountains for passenger service, the type proved ideal for the new, faster freight service the (A line of track providing a runway for wheels) railroads were introducing. |
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