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Viewing Album: C&O 2-8-4 "Kanawhas"
By:
Gary Everhart
Dates:
10/8/1949 - 3/15/1956
Album Info:
These are a few original or very old reprints of Chesapeake & Ohio 2-8-4 "Kanawhas".
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Title:
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)
Views:
565
Comments:
0
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:
997
Comments:
0
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:
653
Comments:
0
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:
1683
Comments:
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