This beautiful 1944 Alco built Bershire, known on the C&O as a "Kanawha" after the local river along its mainline, sits with steam up ready to roll. 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. Arthur B. Johnson photo |