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Owner: Chesapeake & Ohio
Model:Lima 2-8-4Built As:CO 2759 (2-8-4)
Serial Number:9266Order No:1198
Frame Number:26X34 cylinders, 69" driversBuilt:2/1947
Notes:1947, class K-4, scrapped by 1961
Other locos with this serial:  CO 2759(2-8-4)
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CO 2-8-4 #2759 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 2-8-4 #2759 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  Found sitting in a storage line at Huntington, WV, is Cheseapke & Ohio 2-8-4 #2759. Called a "Kanawha" wheel configuration by the C&O, this loco was built by Lima in 1947 but was scrapped by 1961. Specs - serial #9266, K-4 class, 69" drivers, impressive 245 psi boiler pressure, 26x34" cylinders, engine weight of 460,000 lb and tractive effort of 69,368 lb. No photographer was listed for the photo.
Photo Date:  9/13/1954  Upload Date: 11/6/2020 8:52:44 AM
Location:  Huntington, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 2759(2-8-4)
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