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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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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:  221   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
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Views:  247   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
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Views:  178   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
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Views:  240   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:  233   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
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Views:  184   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
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Views:  205   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
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Views:  177   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
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Views:  205   Comments: 0


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