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Owner: Chesapeake & Ohio
Model:Alco 2-8-4Built As:CO 2711 (2-8-4)
Serial Number:70860Order No:S-1905
Frame Number:26X34 cylinders, 69" driversBuilt:11/1943
Notes:Schenectady 11/1943, Class K-4
Other locos with this serial:  CO 2711(2-8-4)
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C&O 2-8-4 #2711 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR
Title:  C&O 2-8-4 #2711 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR
Description:  Rather than calling this beautiful 1943 Alco built 2-8-4 a "Berkshire", the C&O instead labeled them "Kanawhas" after the Kanawha River which ran next to the main line. 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:  10/8/1949  Upload Date: 8/24/2015 8:20:31 AM
Location:  Silver Grove, KY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 2711(2-8-4)
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