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C&O 2-8-4 #2724 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR |
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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) |
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CO 2-8-4 #2724 - Chesapeake & Ohio |
| Description: |
Interesting close-up of the headlight and nuymber boards of CO 2-8-4 #2724. Alco-Schenectady, built in November of 1943, Fianl disposition is unknown at this time - presumedly scrapped in the 1950's. Specs - serial #70873, 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: 7/16/2025 6:03:30 PM |
| Location: |
Cincinnati, OH |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CO 2724(2-8-4) |
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13 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CO 2-8-4 #2724 - Cheaspaeakd & Ohio |
| Description: |
Alco-Schenectady, built in November of 1943, Fianl disposition is unknown at this time - presumedly scrapped in the 1950's. Specs - serial #70873, 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: |
6/1/1954 Upload Date: 7/16/2025 6:03:31 PM |
| Location: |
Cincinnati, OH |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CO 2724(2-8-4) |
| Views: |
20 Comments: 0 |
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