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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) |
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CO 2-8-4 #2711 - Cehsapeake & Ohio |
| Description: |
Alco-Schenectady, built in November of 1943, The loco was eventually scrapped by May of 1961. Specs - serial #70859, K-4 class, 69" drivers, impressive 245 psi boiler pressue, 26x34" cylinders, engine weight of 460,000 lb, tractive effort of 69.368 lb.This is a C.W. Jernstrom photo. |
| Photo Date: |
9/4/1950 Upload Date: 7/16/2025 6:03:29 PM |
| Location: |
Russell, KY |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CO 2711(2-8-4) |
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38 Comments: 0 |
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