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By:Gary Everhart
Dates:12/15/1939 - 8/19/1958
Album Info:This is a nice collection of older b&w photos of Baltimore & Ohio 0-8-0 yard switchers. Most were rebuilt from 2-8-0's by the B&O Shops.
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BO 0-8-0 #1000 - Baltimore & Ohio
Title:  BO 0-8-0 #1000 - Baltimore & Ohio
Description:  Nice example of the B&O shops 0-8-0 rebuild from the E-24 class 2-8-0's. From the photo collection of Ralph G. Dunn.
Photo Date:  12/15/1939  Upload Date: 9/29/2021 5:47:40 AM
Location:  Grafton, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  BO 1000(0-8-0)
Views:  244   Comments: 0
BO 0-8-0 #1037 - Baltimore & Ohio
Title:  BO 0-8-0 #1037 - Baltimore & Ohio
Description:  This is a rebuilt 0-8-0 from the B&O class E-24 2-8-0's. Excellent re-purposing of an older locomotive! The photo was taken by C.A. Brown.
Photo Date:  6/1/1945  Upload Date: 9/29/2021 5:48:09 AM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  BO 1037(0-8-0)
Views:  156   Comments: 0
B&O 0-8-0 #781 - Baltimore & Ohio
Title:  B&O 0-8-0 #781 - Baltimore & Ohio
Description:  Originally built by Alco-Brooks in July 1923 as Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh 0-8-0 #529, it was absorbed into the B&O roster in 1932 and renumbered 781, retired in 1955. Specs - serial #64594, 24½X28 cylinders, 52" drivers. The photo comes from the Ralph G. Dunn collection.
Photo Date:  6/20/1948  Upload Date: 9/29/2021 5:49:45 AM
Location:  Riker, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  BO 781(0-8-0)
Views:  199   Comments: 0
BO 0-8-0 #671 - Baltimore & Ohio
Title:  BO 0-8-0 #671 - Baltimore & Ohio
Description:  Solid example of the skill of the B&O Shops to rebuild an older E-24 class 2-8-0 Consolidation into a beefy and good looking 0-8-0 yard switcher. Arthur B. Johnson photo
Photo Date:  9/23/1949  Upload Date: 9/29/2021 5:49:04 AM
Location:  Toledo, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  BO 671(0-8-0)
Views:  201   Comments: 0
BO 0-8-0 #1027 - Baltimore & Ohio
Title:  BO 0-8-0 #1027 - Baltimore & Ohio
Description:  Good example of a 2-8-0 rebuilt into a servicable 0-8-0 yard switcher by the B&O shops. Arthur B. Johnson photo.
Photo Date:  9/27/1949  Upload Date: 9/29/2021 5:47:58 AM
Location:  Willard, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  BO 1027(0-8-0)
Views:  189   Comments: 0
BO 0-8-0 #1080 - Baltimore & Ohio
Title:  BO 0-8-0 #1080 - Baltimore & Ohio
Description:  This 0-8-0 yard workhorse started out originally as a class E-24 2-8-0 but was rebuilt by the B&O shops between 1923-29. The loco continued to work into the 1950's. Arthur B. Johnson was the photographer.
Photo Date:  9/27/1949  Upload Date: 9/29/2021 5:48:29 AM
Location:  Willard, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  BO 1080(0-8-0)
Views:  149   Comments: 0
BO 0-8-0 #639 - Baltimore & Ohio
Title:  BO 0-8-0 #639 - Baltimore & Ohio
Description:  The B&O shops started a rebuilding program between 1924-41 by taking older class E-24 2-8-0's and converting them into beefy 0-8-0 yard switchers like this one photographed by Arthur B. Johnson. The rebuilt switchers lasted into the 1950's.
Photo Date:  9/30/1949  Upload Date: 9/29/2021 5:48:52 AM
Location:  New Castle, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  BO 639(0-8-0)
Views:  203   Comments: 0
BO 0-8-0 #713 - Baltimore & Ohio
Title:  BO 0-8-0 #713 - Baltimore & Ohio
Description:  This beefy B&O 0-8-0 yard switcher started out as an older class E-24 2-8-0 Consolidation. After reaching its end as a 2-8-0, the B&O shops converted the E-24 class 2-8-0's between 1924-41 into serviceable 0-8-0 that lasted into the 1950's. This is an Arthur B. Johnson photo.
Photo Date:  9/30/1949  Upload Date: 9/29/2021 5:49:19 AM
Location:  New Castle, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  BO 713(0-8-0)
Views:  218   Comments: 0
BO 0-8-0 #714 - Baltimore & Ohio
Title:  BO 0-8-0 #714 - Baltimore & Ohio
Description:  This is another example of the B&O Shop 0-8-0 yard switcher rebuilt from an older E-24 class 2-8-0. The B&O shops started rebuilding the older E-24 class of 2-8-0's in 1924 through 1941 to produce beefy 0-8-0 yard switchers. Arthur B. Johnson photo
Photo Date:  9/30/1949  Upload Date: 9/29/2021 5:49:28 AM
Location:  New Castle, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  BO 714(0-8-0)
Views:  163   Comments: 0
BO 0-8-0 #1050 - Baltimore & Ohio
Title:  BO 0-8-0 #1050 - Baltimore & Ohio
Description:  This loco is an excellent example of the Baltimore & Ohio shops. Older class E-24 2-8-0's had reached their useful service so were converted into stylish looking 0-8-0 yard switchers like this one. This is an Arthur B. Johnson photo.
Photo Date:  10/1/1949  Upload Date: 9/29/2021 5:48:19 AM
Location:  Clarksburg, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  BO 1050(0-8-0)
Views:  151   Comments: 0
BO 0-8-0 #701 - Baltimore & Ohio
Title:  BO 0-8-0 #701 - Baltimore & Ohio
Description:  Rebuilt from an older E-24 2-8-0 Consolidation by the B&O Shops, this massive 0-8-0 yard switcher was able to work well into the 1950's rather than being scrapped. Aruthr B. Johnson photographed this loco as it sat in the Clarksburg, WV, yard.
Photo Date:  10/1/1949  Upload Date: 9/29/2021 5:49:11 AM
Location:  Clarksburg, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  BO 701(0-8-0)
Views:  219   Comments: 0
B&O 0-8-0 #775 - Baltimore & Ohio
Title:  B&O 0-8-0 #775 - Baltimore & Ohio
Description:  Built by Alco-Brooks in March 1918 as Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh 0-8-0 #523, it was absorbed into the B&O roster in 1932 and renumbered B&O #775, retired in 1955. Specs - serial #58015, 24½X28 cylinders, 52" drivers. No date was given for the photo so an approximate was used. The photo is from the collection of Ralph G. Dunn
Photo Date:  6/1/1950  Upload Date: 9/29/2021 5:49:36 AM
Location:  Pittsburgh, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  BO 775(0-8-0)
Views:  211   Comments: 0
BO 0-8-0 #1672 - Baltimore & Ohio
Title:  BO 0-8-0 #1672 - Baltimore & Ohio
Description:  Here's an excellent example of a Hoosier B&O 0-8-0 yard switcher in the Garrett, IN, yard. The B&O shops rebuilt the loco from an older 2-8-0 class locomotive, thus extending the service years until the 1950's. Max Miller photo.
Photo Date:  3/31/1957  Upload Date: 9/29/2021 5:48:36 AM
Location:  Garrett, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  BO 1672(0-8-0)
Views:  162   Comments: 0
BO 0-8-0 #1695 - Baltimore & Ohio
Title:  BO 0-8-0 #1695 - Baltimore & Ohio
Description:  Sometime between 1923-29, the B&O Shops rebuilt an older 2-8-0 Consolidation loco into this beefy 0-8-0 yard switcher. Max Miller caught this brute in the Garrett, Indiana, yard as it posed for the camera.
Photo Date:  3/31/1957  Upload Date: 9/29/2021 5:48:44 AM
Location:  Garrett, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  BO 1695(0-8-0)
Views:  206   Comments: 0
BO 0-8-0 #826 - Baltimore & Ohio
Title:  BO 0-8-0 #826 - Baltimore & Ohio
Description:  Rebuilt from an older 2-8-0 Consolidation by the B&O shops, this beefy 0-8-0 was given a new lease on life and new job as a rugged yard switcher. As seen here, the switcher lasted into the late 1950's before meeting the scrapper's torch. An unknown photographer caught it with a good head of steam in the Willard, Ohio, yard.
Photo Date:  3/31/1957  Upload Date: 9/29/2021 5:50:01 AM
Location:  Willard, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  BO 826(0-8-0)
Views:  169   Comments: 1
BO 0-8-0 #858 - Baltimore & Ohio
Title:  BO 0-8-0 #858 - Baltimore & Ohio
Description:  Given a new lease on life, this former B&O 2-8-0 Consolidation was rebuilt by the B&O Shops into a beefy, solid 0-8-0 yard switcher seen here. An unknown photographer caught it still working the yard in Willard, Ohio.
Photo Date:  3/31/1957  Upload Date: 9/29/2021 5:50:08 AM
Location:  Willard, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  BO 858(0-8-0)
Views:  184   Comments: 1
BO 0-8-0 #816 - Baltimore & Ohio
Title:  BO 0-8-0 #816 - Baltimore & Ohio
Description:  This 0-8-0 yard switcher was rebuilt by the B&O Shops from an older 2-8-0 which had reached the end of its service as a Consolidation loco. It now sits in a storage/scrap line caught by photographer Fred Ziebe.
Photo Date:  8/19/1958  Upload Date: 9/29/2021 5:49:53 AM
Location:  Willard, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  BO 816(0-8-0)
Views:  157   Comments: 0
BO 0-8-0 #892 - Baltimore & Ohio
Title:  BO 0-8-0 #892 - Baltimore & Ohio
Description:  Another fine example of the workmanship from the B&O Shops who took an older 2-8-0 Consolidation which had reached its end and rebuilt it into this beefy 0-8-0 yard switcher. An unknown photographer caught it sitting in the Willard, Ohio, yard.
Photo Date:  8/19/1958  Upload Date: 9/29/2021 5:50:16 AM
Location:  Willard, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  BO 892(0-8-0)
Views:  181   Comments: 0


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