C&O 2-8-4 #2731 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR  Contributor's Pick!       
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
Date: 3/15/1956 Location: Handley, WV   Map Show Handley on a rail map Views: 585 Collection Of:   Gary Everhart
Locomotives: CO 2731(2-8-4)    Author:  Gary Everhart
C&O 2-8-4  #2731 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR
Picture Categories: Roster,Yard,Steam This picture is part of album:  C&O 2-8-4 "Kanawhas"
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