| Title: |
BO 2-8-8-0 #7300 - Baltimore & Ohio |
| Description: |
Originally built by Alco-Richmond as Seaboard Air Line 2-8-8-2 #500, the loco was sold to the B&O in 1920 after SAL saw it was not a good model for their system. The B&O Shops rebuilt it from compound Mallet to simple-articulated,removed the trailing truck and reclassed BO 2-8-8-0 #7300 as EL-6a class. The loco was finally sent ot the scrapper's torch in May of 1950 after nearly 32 years of heavy service. Simplified EL-6a specs - 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, four 25x32" cylinders, engine wt of 492,000 lb and impressive tractive effort of 97,800 lb. This is a Ralph G. Dunn photo. |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/1946 Upload Date: 3/16/2024 4:55:12 AM |
| Location: |
New Castle Junction, PA |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
BO 7300(2-8-8-0) |
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