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Owner:
Chesapeake & Ohio
Model:
Alco 4-8-2
Built As:
CO 318 (4-8-2)
Serial Number:
50848
Order No:
R-215
Frame Number:
29X28 cylinders, 62" drivers
Built:
3/1912
Notes:
Richmond, 3/1912, class J-1, road #'s 318/132/542
Other locos with this serial:
CO 542(4-8-2)
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Title:
C&O 4-8-2 #542 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR
Description:
Here is an action shot of the Alco-Richmond "Mountain-type" locomotive delivered in March of 1917 ready to pull a freight from the Peru, IN, yard. Usually this class worked passenger service. The original number was 318 but renumbered in 1923. Specifics - class J-1, 62" drivers, 180 psi boiler pressure, 29x28" cylinders, engine weight of 330,000 lb, tractive effort of 58,110 lb. The class was retired in 1952. R.W. Legg photo
Photo Date:
7/1/1931
Upload Date:
8/23/2015 12:14:02 PM
Location:
Peru, IN
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
CO 542(4-8-2)
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