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Owner: Chesapeake & Ohio
Model:Alco 2-8-4Built As:CO 2731 (2-8-4)
Serial Number:70880Order No:S-1905
Frame Number:26X34 cylinders, 69" driversBuilt:11/1943
Notes:Schenectady 11/1943, Class K-4
Other locos with this serial:  CO 2731(2-8-4)
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C&O 2-8-4  #2731 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR
Title:  C&O 2-8-4 #2731 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR
Description:  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
Photo Date:  3/15/1956  Upload Date: 8/24/2015 8:20:36 AM
Location:  Handley, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 2731(2-8-4)
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