| 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 |