Nice example of a 1910 Alco-Schenectady Pacific built originally for the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton RR as their #505. In 1917 it became B&O #2179 class P-2, then in 1919 it was superheated and renumbered to 5094, and in 1924 rebuilt to 22X26 cylinders (from the original 22X30) and renumbered to 5099. Specifics: 77" drivers, 210 psi boiler pressure, engine weight of 221,700 lb, tractive effort of 29,200 lb, scrapped in November 1947. |