This is upclose and in the face of the 1944 Alco built 2-8-4 Kanawha (C&O's name for Berkshires) #2724. Specs - K-4 class, 69" drivers, impressive 245 psi boiler pressue, 26x34" cylinders, engine weight of 460,000 lb, tractive effort of 69.368 lb. C.W. Jernstrom photo |