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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 |
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Cincinnati, OH |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
Locomotives: |
CO 2724(2-8-4) |
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946 Comments: 0 |
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CO 2-8-4 #2724 - Chesapeake & Ohio |
Description: |
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 |
Photo Date: |
4/17/1951 Upload Date: 3/21/2019 6:16:27 AM |
Location: |
Cincinnati, OH |
Author: |
Gary Everhart |
Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
Locomotives: |
CO 2724(2-8-4) |
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273 Comments: 0 |
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