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Owner: Baltimore & Ohio
Model:Alco 2-8-8-2Built As:Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:58017Order No:
Frame Number: Built:
Notes:Brooks, 3/1918, nee-BRP 800, rnmbrd in 1932 to BO 7316, scrpd 12/1950
Other locos with this serial:  BO 7316(2-8-8-2)
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BO 2-8-8-2 #7316 - Baltimore & Ohio
Title:  BO 2-8-8-2 #7316 - Baltimore & Ohio
Description:  Built by Alco-Brooks in March of 1918, this massive 2-8-8-2 "Chesapeake" type steam locomotive was originally as Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh #800. B&O usually referred to these as "EE-2's" rather than "Chesapeakes". The loco was absorbed into the B&O roster in 1938 and renumbered BO 7316. It lasted in service until being scrapped in December of 1950 after 32 years of total service. Original specs - XX class, 57" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 28x32" high pressure cylinders, 44x32" low pressure cylinders, engine wt of 569,000 lb, and an impressive tractive effort of 113,000 lb. The photo comes from the Ralph G. Dunn collection.
Photo Date:  3/19/1939  Upload Date: 1/30/2024 5:22:41 AM
Location:  DuBois, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  BO 7316(2-8-8-2)
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