Chesapeake & Ohio Combine 409

Built in 1900 by the Pullman Car Company in Pennsylvania for the Hocking Valley Railway in Ohio. During this time, it was formed from the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, Erie Railroad, New York Central Railroad, and Pennsylvania Railroad. Between 1910 and 1930, the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad was slowly gaining control of the Hocking Valley Railway and started to absorb its locomotives. And first, this combine was numbered 551 and was renumbered 409 when steel frames were installed. In 1954, 409 was used on the Craig Valley branch before retiring. The Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad was going to scrap the combine, but decided it needed to be preserved. So, it was donated to the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum and the Strasburg Railroad in Pennsylvania restored it. Today, it is on display inside the roundhouse.