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CO 2-8-4 #2756 - Chesapeake & Ohio |
| Description: |
Seen sitting in the Clifton Forge, VA, yard is C&O 2-8-4 #2756 buiilt by Lima in 1947. The C&O called this wheel configuration "Kanawhas" rather than the more conventional "Bershires". Good fortune smiled on this loco as it was not sent to the scrapper's torch but preserved as a static display at Huntington Park in Newport News, VA. Specs - serial #9263, K-4 class, 69" drivers, impressive 245 psi boiler pressure, 26x34" cylinders, engine weight of 460,000 lb and tractive effort of 69,368 lb. No photographer was listed for the photo. |
| Photo Date: |
9/13/1954 Upload Date: 11/6/2020 8:52:42 AM |
| Location: |
Clifton Forge, VA |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CO 2756(2-8-4) |
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369 Comments: 0 |
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CO 2-8-4 #2759 - Chesapeake & Ohio |
| Description: |
Found sitting in a storage line at Huntington, WV, is Cheseapke & Ohio 2-8-4 #2759. Called a "Kanawha" wheel configuration by the C&O, this loco was built by Lima in 1947 but was scrapped by 1961. Specs - serial #9266, K-4 class, 69" drivers, impressive 245 psi boiler pressure, 26x34" cylinders, engine weight of 460,000 lb and tractive effort of 69,368 lb. No photographer was listed for the photo. |
| Photo Date: |
9/13/1954 Upload Date: 11/6/2020 8:52:44 AM |
| Location: |
Huntington, WV |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CO 2759(2-8-4) |
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448 Comments: 0 |
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