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Owner: Baltimore & Ohio
Model:Alco 2-6-6-2Built As:BRP 739 (2-6-6-2)
Serial Number:58492Order No:B-1473
Frame Number:23½&37x32 cyl., 57" driversBuilt:5/1918
Notes:Brooks, 5/1918 nee-BRP 739, sfs 3/1952
Other locos with this serial:  BO 7539(2-6-6-2)
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BO 2-6-6-2 #7539 - Baltimore & Ohio
Title:  BO 2-6-6-2 #7539 - Baltimore & Ohio
Description:  Originally built by Alco-Brooks in May of 1919 as Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh 2-6-6-2 Mallet Mogul #739 (serial #58492), it was absorbed into the B&O roster in 1932 and renumbered B&O 7539 with a new classification as KK-4c. The loco served the heavy coal hauling service for nearly 34 years before finally being sold for scrap in March of 1952. Specs = 57" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 23.5x32 and 37x32" cylinders, engine weight of 437,000 lb, . tractive effort of 80,000 lb. No photographer or exact date in 1948 was given for the photo
Photo Date:  6/1/1949  Upload Date: 3/6/2023 4:53:36 AM
Location:  Riker, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  BO 7539(2-6-6-2)
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