C&O 4-8-2 #542 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR  Contributor's Pick!       
Here is an action shot of the Alco-Richmond "Mountain-type" locomotive delivered in March of 1917 ready to pull a freight from the Peru, IN, yard. Usually this class worked passenger service. The original number was 318 but renumbered in 1923. Specifics - class J-1, 62" drivers, 180 psi boiler pressure, 29x28" cylinders, engine weight of 330,000 lb, tractive effort of 58,110 lb. The class was retired in 1952. R.W. Legg photo
Date: 7/1/1931 Location: Peru, IN   Map Show Peru on a rail map Views: 1034 Collection Of:   Gary Everhart
Locomotives: CO 542(4-8-2)    Author:  Gary Everhart
C&O 4-8-2 #542 - Chesapeake & Ohio RR
Picture Categories: Roster,Steam,Passenger,Action This picture is part of album:  C&O STEAM ALBUM
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