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Owner: Chesapeake & Ohio
Model:Alco 2-6-6-2Built As:CO 855 (2-6-6-2)
Serial Number:57038Order No:S-1208
Frame Number:22&35X32 cylinders, 56" driverBuilt:6/1916
Notes:Schenectady 06/1917, nee-855, class H-4, to CO 1456 08/1924
Other locos with this serial:  CO 1456(2-6-6-2)
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CO 2-6-6-2 #1456 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 2-6-6-2 #1456 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  The front mounted air compressors give this massive locomotive a frightening appearance like some Cyborg contraption. Built by Alco-Schenectady in 1917 as #855, it was ideal for long coal drags in West Virginia and Kentucky. Specs - serial #57038, H-4, 56.5" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 22x32" high pressure cylinders, 35x32" low pressure cylinders, engine weight of 425,000 lb, tractive effort of 67,104 lb. No photographer listed for the photo.
Photo Date:  7/12/1953  Upload Date: 3/13/2019 5:10:11 PM
Location:  Rainelle, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 1456(2-6-6-2)
Views:  345   Comments: 1


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