Buidler unknown, thought to be Venderbuilt. Has Serial number 16vb1331 History is vague, but as of 1940, the tender was assigned to C&O #2953 ( a class B-1 2-10-2 originally built for the Lehigh Valley by Baldwin in 1919 and came to the C&O via the Hocking Valley merger in 1930). to replace a smaller 12-V class. Later assigned to the MOW department and utilized as a water car. Retired in the early 1980's and donated to the ODC by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in 1984. Currently in good condition and utilized as water storge for "the rebel". |