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Owner: Chesapeake & Ohio
Model:Alco 2-8-4Built As:CO 2724 (2-8-4)
Serial Number:70873Order No:S-1905
Frame Number:26X34 cylinders, 69" driversBuilt:11/1943
Notes:Schenectady 11/1943, Class K-4
Other locos with this serial:  CO 2724(2-8-4)
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C&O 2-8-4 #2724 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR
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)
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