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Pictures of BO 7314
Owner:
Baltimore & Ohio
Model:
Alco 2-8-8-0
Built As:
Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:
58077
Order No:
Frame Number:
Built:
Notes:
Richmond, 1/1918 nee-SAL 2-8-8-2 514, sold 1920, reblt, sfs 7/1950
Other locos with this serial:
BO 7314(2-8-8-0)
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Title:
BO 2-8-8-0 #7314 - Baltimore & Ohio
Description:
Not long after it was rebuilt by the B&O Shops, this new 2-8-8-0 #7314 sits in the Cumberland yard in Maryland with its other rebuilt sisters. Originally built by Alco-Richmond in January of 1918 as Seaboard Air Line 2-8-8-2 #514, it proved to be a poor match for the needs of the SAL and too costly to maintain both loco and damaged trackage. The SAL sold all of its 2-8-8-2's to B&O in 1920. It was renumbered BO #7314. In 1923, the B&O Shops undertook to simplify the compound Mallet into a simple-articulated one, removed the trailing truck and reclassified BO 2-8-8-0 #7314 as EL-6a. With the advent of diesel, this massive machine was sold for scrap in July of 1950 after nearly 32 years of service. Simplified EL-6a specs - 63" drivers, 210 psi boiler pressure, four 25x32" cylinders, engine wt of 492,000 lb and impressive tractive effort of 108,000 lb. This is a Ralph G. Dunn photo.
Photo Date:
8/18/1924
Upload Date:
3/16/2024 4:56:03 AM
Location:
Cumberland, MD
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam
Locomotives:
BO 7314(2-8-8-0)
Views:
134
Comments:
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Title:
BO 2-8-8-0 #7314 - Baltimore & Ohio
Description:
This beautiful, massive machine was originally built by the Alco-Richmond plant in January of 1918 as Seaboard Air Line 2-8-8-2 #514. The loco was sold to the B&O in 1920 after Seaboard Air Line found the loco too much trouble. It was renumbered BO #7314. In 1923, the B&O Shops undertook to simplify the compound Mallet into a simple-articulated one, removed the trailing truck and reclassified BO 2-8-8-0 #7314 as EL-6a. With the advent of diesel, this massive machine was sold for scrap in July of 1950 after nearly 32 years of service. Simplified EL-6a specs - 63" drivers, 210 psi boiler pressure, four 25x32" cylinders, engine wt of 492,000 lb and impressive tractive effort of 108,000 lb. This is a Ralph G. Dunn photo.
Photo Date:
9/6/1939
Upload Date:
3/16/2024 4:56:09 AM
Location:
Grafton, WV
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam
Locomotives:
BO 7314(2-8-8-0)
Views:
122
Comments:
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