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C&O 2-8-4 #2711 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR |
| Description: |
Rather than calling this beautiful 1943 Alco built 2-8-4 a "Berkshire", the C&O instead labeled them "Kanawhas" after the Kanawha River which ran next to the main line. Specifics - K-4 class, 69" drivers, impressive 245 psi boiler pressure, 26x34" cylinders, engine weight of 460,000 lb, tractive effort of 69,368 lb, scrapped by 1961. Arthur B. Johnson photo |
| Photo Date: |
10/8/1949 Upload Date: 8/24/2015 8:20:31 AM |
| Location: |
Silver Grove, KY |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CO 2711(2-8-4) |
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522 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
C&O 2-8-4 #2724 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR |
| Description: |
Labeled "Kanawha" by the C&O after the Kanawha River along its mainline, this 1944 Alco Berkshire is an impressive and powerful locomotive near the end of the steam era. Specifics - K-4 class, 69" drivers, impressive 245 psi boiler pressure, 26x34" cylinders, engine weight of 460,000 lb, tractive effort of 69,368 lb, scrapped by 1961. C.W. Jernstrom photo |
| Photo Date: |
4/11/1951 Upload Date: 8/24/2015 8:20:34 AM |
| Location: |
Cincinnati, OH |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CO 2724(2-8-4) |
| Views: |
914 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
C&O 2-8-4 #2764 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR |
| Description: |
This 1947 Alco locomotive (known as "Kanawhas" on the C&O) is from the last group of Berkshires built for the C&O. Specifics - K-4 class, 69" drivers, impressive 245 psi boiler pressure, 26x34" cylinders, engine weight of 460,000 lb, tractive effort of 69,368 lb, scrapped by 1961. Jim Scribbins photo |
| Photo Date: |
2/6/1953 Upload Date: 8/24/2015 8:20:38 AM |
| Location: |
Clifton Forge, VA |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CO 2764(2-8-4) |
| Views: |
1611 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
C&O 2-8-4 #2731 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR |
| Description: |
This beautiful 1944 Alco built Bershire, known on the C&O as a "Kanawha" after the local river along its mainline, sits with steam up ready to roll. Specifics - K-4 class, 69" drivers, impressive 245 psi boiler pressure, 26x34" cylinders, engine weight of 460,000 lb, tractive effort of 69,368 lb, scrapped by 1961. Arthur B. Johnson photo |
| Photo Date: |
3/15/1956 Upload Date: 8/24/2015 8:20:36 AM |
| Location: |
Handley, WV |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CO 2731(2-8-4) |
| Views: |
592 Comments: 0 |
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