CO 2-6-6-2 #1523 - Chesapeake & Ohio  Contributor's Pick!       
Captured by R. W. Legg as it sits with a head of steam in the Russell, KY, yard, this 1919 Alco-Schenectady locoomotive stands ready to drag long strings of coal cars. Specifics - H-5 - class, 56" drivers, 210 psi boiler pressure, 22x32" high pressure cylinders, 35x32" double low pressure cylinders, engine weight of 448,000 lb, tractive effort of 79,3363 lb.
Date: 8/17/1953 Location: Russell, KY Views: 625 Collection Of:   Gary Everhart
Locomotives: CO 1523(2-6-6-2)    Author:  Gary Everhart
CO 2-6-6-2 #1523 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Picture Categories: Roster,Yard,Steam This picture is part of album:  C&O STEAM ALBUM
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