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Owner: Chesapeake & Ohio
Model:Lima 0-8-0Built As:CO 246 (0-8-0)
Serial Number:7969Order No:1164
Frame Number:25X28 cylinders, 52" driversBuilt:10/1943
Notes:10/1943, class C-16A, to Virginian #246 in 1950, scr. 03/1957
Other locos with this serial:  CO 246(0-8-0)
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CO 0-8-0 #246 -  Chesapeake & Ohio
Title:  CO 0-8-0 #246 - Chesapeake & Ohio
Description:  Fresh from the Lima Lomotive Works, this Lima builder's photo shows the 0-8-0 #246 before it was delivered to the Chesapeake & Ohio in October of 1943. The loco was later sold to the Virginian RR in September of 1950. Finally after only 12 years of dual serivce, the loco met with the scrapper's torch in April of 1957. Specs - serial #7969, class C-16,. 52" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 25x28" cylinders, engine wt of 244,000 lb, and tractive effort of 57,200 lb.
Photo Date:  10/8/1943  Upload Date: 8/7/2025 4:34:23 AM
Location:  Lima, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 246(0-8-0)
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