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Owner: Baltimore & Ohio
Model:BLW 2-8-8-0Built As:Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:49400Order No:
Frame Number: Built:
Notes:1918, class EL-3
Other locos with this serial:  BO 7143(2-8-8-0)
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BO 2-8-8-0 #7143
Title:  BO 2-8-8-0 #7143
Description:  Here is an original photo of the massive 2-8-8-0 "Consolidation Mallet" built by Baldwin in 1917 for the B&O. They were bound for the hilly Cumberland Division. Specs - class EL-3, 58" drivers, 210 psi boiler pressure, 24x32" cylinders, engine weight of 484,400 lb, impressive tractive effort of 113,452 lb. No photographer and no exact location were listed.
Photo Date:  6/1/1943  Upload Date: 11/6/2018 6:03:04 AM
Location:  Unknown, MD
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  BO 7143(2-8-8-0)
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