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Owner: Chesapeake & Ohio
Model:Alco 2-8-8-2Built As:CO 1103 (2-8-8-2)
Serial Number:64955Order No:S-1440
Frame Number:4-23X32 cylinders, 57" driversBuilt:1/1924
Notes:Schenectady, 1924, class H-7 to CO 1544 06/1924, to UP 3581 07/1945
Other locos with this serial:  CO 1544(2-8-8-2)
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C&O 2-8-8-2 #1544 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR
Title:  C&O 2-8-8-2 #1544 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR
Description:  Interesting original photo of the Alco-Schenectady 2-8-8-2 "Chesapeake-type" locomotive delivered to the C&O in 1924. Known as "Simple Simons" or "Simons" (according to C&O Power) because they operated as simple-expansion articulateds, unlike the earlier compound Mallets. Specifics - H-7 class, 57" drivers, 215 psi boiler pressure, 23x32" cylinders, engine weight of 567,500 lb, impressive tractive effort of 108,547 lb. R.W. Legg photo
Photo Date:  10/1/1931  Upload Date: 8/24/2015 4:40:29 PM
Location:  Russell, KY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 1544(2-8-8-2)
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