According to legend John Henry worked what railroad?
- UP
- C&O
- B&O
- PRR
- C & O
I’ll agree with locomutt that Jawn Henry worked on the C & O.
Now which way is it spelled the turbine locmotive is spelled Jawn Henry, the book is John Henry mighty Railroader?
I know the song was by Johnny Cash![:-,]
…C&O…!
The man: spelling…John Henry.
No, no no, it was Jon Henree…lol.
Murph, John Henry (the song, the legend, and the man) were all around well before Johnny Cash!
Nobody was tricked–C&O is the correct answer. Maybe Lotus should be asked to give us the locale!
I learned something, I had always thought that John Henry worked for the Southern or N&W…and the N&W steam Turbine was named the “Jawn Henry”… I think that the C&O had at least one of their own also[ Steam Turbine], but have no idea of its history…Looks like they would have named their loco" John Henry?"… Maybe, the N&W beat them out of it first… The N&W locomotive apparently suffered from an ability to transfer weight as coal was burned, apparently slippage was a major issue with it… The Pensy also had a steam turbine, more conventional type loco…See Lionel’s turbine…
John Henry worked for the C&O railroad, his famous race against the machine took place in 1872 at a tunnel called the Big Bend near Tallcot, West Virgina.