BO 2-6-6-2 #7539 - Baltimore & Ohio         
Originally built by Alco-Brooks in May of 1919 as Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh 2-6-6-2 Mallet Mogul #739 (serial #58492), it was absorbed into the B&O roster in 1932 and renumbered B&O 7539 with a new classification as KK-4c. The loco served the heavy coal hauling service for nearly 34 years before finally being sold for scrap in March of 1952. Specs = 57" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 23.5x32 and 37x32" cylinders, engine weight of 437,000 lb, . tractive effort of 80,000 lb. No photographer or exact date in 1948 was given for the photo
Date: 6/1/1949 Location: Riker, PA   Map Show Riker on a rail map Views: 95 Collection Of:   Gary Everhart
Locomotives: BO 7539(2-6-6-2)    Author:  Gary Everhart
BO 2-6-6-2 #7539 - Baltimore & Ohio
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