| Title: |
CO 0-8-0 #216 - Cheaspeake & Ohio |
| Description: |
With its name and number lined out, this beefy 0-8-0 now sits in the scrap line when the photo was taken. It very well may be the last photo ever taken of this hard working unit. Built by Alco-Schenectady in 1930, it lasted into the 1950's but no final disposition is known currently - presumedly scrapped sometime in the 1950's. Specs - serial #68443, class C-16. 52" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 25x28" cylinders, wngine wt of 240,000 lb and tractive effort of 57,200 lb. This is an R.D. Patton photo. |
| Photo Date: |
10/9/1955 Upload Date: 8/7/2025 4:34:15 AM |
| Location: |
Alexandria, VA |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CO 216(0-8-0) |
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