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BO 0-8-8-0 #7045
Title:  BO 0-8-8-0 #7045
Description:  This massive articulated 0-8-8-0 was built for the Baltimore & Ohio by Alco-Schenectady in 1913 as one of 30 "pushers". According to one online source, these massive articulated locomotives built to serve as pushers were "slow and complicated". Two were rebuilt as EL-4 2-8-8-0's as a result. Final members of the class like this one were scrapped in 1949-50. Specs - serial #53753, class LL-1, 56" drivers, 210 psi boiler pressure, 28x32" high pressure cylinders, 41x32" low pressure cylinders, engine weight of 471,900 lb, impressive tractive effort of 98,352 lb. Photo by rr engineer/photographer C.W. Burns.
Photo Date:  10/26/1947  Upload Date: 1/6/2019 6:53:07 AM
Location:  Brunswick, MD
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  BO 7045(2-8-8-0)
Views:  582   Comments: 0
B&O 2-8-8-0 #7200 - Baltimore & Ohio
Title:  B&O 2-8-8-0 #7200 - Baltimore & Ohio
Description:  Built in 1916 by Alco-Schenectady, this behemouth was an EL-2 class with 58" drivers. It's high pressure cylinders were 26"x31" while its low pressure cylinders were 41"x31" (diameter & stroke). The total engine weight tipped the scales at 485,600 and it was able to generate a tractive effort of 91,993 lb. Rebuilt to simple (four 24X32 cylinders) by B&O shops between 1930-42, the entire class was retired by 1954.
Photo Date:  7/6/1948  Upload Date: 1/5/2014 5:12:00 AM
Location:  Fairmont, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  BO 7200(2-8-8-0)
Views:  2555   Comments: 3
B&O 2-8-8-0 #7212 - Baltimore & Ohio
Title:  B&O 2-8-8-0 #7212 - Baltimore & Ohio
Description:  This articulated locomotive was built by Alco-Schenectady in 1916 and classed as EL-2. C.W. Burns photo
Photo Date:  12/18/1937  Upload Date: 10/29/2013 1:49:23 PM
Location:  Cumberland, MD
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  BO 7212(2-8-8-0)
Views:  1404   Comments: 2
BO 2-8-8-0 #7300 - Baltimore & Ohio
Title:  BO 2-8-8-0 #7300 - Baltimore & Ohio
Description:  Originally built by Alco-Richmond as Seaboard Air Line 2-8-8-2 #500, the loco was sold to the B&O in 1920 after SAL saw it was not a good model for their system. The B&O Shops rebuilt it from compound Mallet to simple-articulated,removed the trailing truck and reclassed BO 2-8-8-0 #7300 as EL-6a class. The loco was finally sent ot the scrapper's torch in May of 1950 after nearly 32 years of heavy service. Simplified EL-6a specs - 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, four 25x32" cylinders, engine wt of 492,000 lb and impressive tractive effort of 97,800 lb. This is a Ralph G. Dunn photo.
Photo Date:  8/26/1946  Upload Date: 3/16/2024 4:55:12 AM
Location:  New Castle Junction, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  BO 7300(2-8-8-0)
Views:  78   Comments: 0
BO 2-8-8-0 #7302 - Baltimore & Ohio
Title:  BO 2-8-8-0 #7302 - Baltimore & Ohio
Description:  This massive loco now appears to be sitting in the storage/scrap line at an unidentified locaiton - probably Grafton yards in West Virginia. This was originally built by Alco-Richmond in January of 1918 as Seaborad Air Line 2-8-8-2 #503. When the size and maintenance was too much of the SAL, they sold it to B&O in 1920 and renumbered BO 7302. In 1923, the B&O Shops undertook to rebuild it from a compound Mallet to simple-articulated,removed the trailing truck and reclassed BO 2-8-8-0 #7302 as EL-6a class. The loso was finally sold for scrap in August of 1950 after nearly 32 years of heavy service. Simplified EL-6a specs - 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, four 25x32" cylinders, engine wt of 492,000 lb and impressive tractive effort of 97,800 lb. No date, location or photographer was listed for this photo.
Photo Date:  6/1/1949  Upload Date: 3/16/2024 4:55:18 AM
Location:  Grafton, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  BO 7302(2-8-8-0)
Views:  72   Comments: 0
BO 2-8-8-0 #7303 - Baltimore & Ohio
Title:  BO 2-8-8-0 #7303 - Baltimore & Ohio
Description:  Originally built by Alco-Richmond in 1918 for the Seaboard Air Line, it was sold to the B&O in 1922 and rebuilt by their shops into this 2-8-8-0 "Consolidation Mallet" type locomtoive. Specifics - class EL-6a, ex-SAL 2-8-8-2 acquired in 1922, 63" drivers, 225 psi boiler pressure, 25x32" cylinders (4), engine weight of 492,000lb, impressive tractive effort of 121,429 lb. The class was retired in 1954. This appears to be a later reprint of the newly rebuilt #7303. No photographer or exact date given.
Photo Date:  6/1/1922  Upload Date: 3/15/2015 5:36:14 AM
Location:  Baltimore, MD
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  BO 7303(2-8-8-0)
Views:  1242   Comments: 1
BO 2-8-8-0 #7303 - Baltimore & Ohio
Title:  BO 2-8-8-0 #7303 - Baltimore & Ohio
Description:  Here is the engineer's side of the B&O shops rebuilt ex-SAL 2-8-8-2 locomotive. Specifics - class EL-6a, ex-SAL 2-8-8-2 acquired in 1922, 63" drivers, 225 psi boiler pressure, 25x32" cylinders (4), engine weight of 492,000lb, impressive tractive effort of 121,429 lb. The class was retired in 1954. This appears to be a later reprint of the newly rebuilt #7303. No photographer or exact date given.
Photo Date:  6/1/1922  Upload Date: 3/15/2015 5:36:25 AM
Location:  Baltimore, MD
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  BO 7303(2-8-8-0)
Views:  1068   Comments: 3
B&O 2-8-8-0 #7304 - Baltimore & Ohio RR
Title:  B&O 2-8-8-0 #7304 - Baltimore & Ohio RR
Description:  Originall built by Alco-Richmond in 1916 as a 2-8-8-2, class A locomotive for the Seaboard Air Line as their #504, it proved too big for SAL so the 15 locos in the class were sold to B&O. In 1922, the B&O shops rebuilt them to 2-8-8-0 and labeled them the EL-6a class. THey had 63" drivers, developed an impressive boiler pressure of 225 psi for its sets of 25"x32" cylinders. The last of the class were retired by 1954. The date is approximate and no photographer credit listed.
Photo Date:  6/1/1945  Upload Date: 2/19/2014 8:28:07 AM
Location:  Cumberland, MD
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  BO 7304(2-8-8-0)
Views:  2234   Comments: 1
BO 2-8-8-0 #7306 - Baltimore & Ohio
Title:  BO 2-8-8-0 #7306 - Baltimore & Ohio
Description:  With its power up, this mighty, mighty locomotive is once again ready for the task of heading up long strings of coal cars in West Virginia. Originally built in January of 1918 as Seaboard Air Line 2-8-8-2 #506, the SAL found the loco too heavy for many of their tracks and to high maintenance on their limited budget so they sold it to the B&O in 1920 who renumbered BO 7306. In 1923, the loco was rebuilt by the B&O Shops from a compound to a simple-articulated loco, removbed the trailing truck and reclassed BO 2-8-8-0 #7306 as EL-6a. After nearly 32 years of dedicated service, the loco was sold for scrap in May of 1950. Simplified EL-6a specs - 63" drivers, 210 psi boiler pressure, four 25x32" cylinders, engine wt of 492,000 lb and impressive tractive effort of 108,000 lb. This is a photo by Harold Buckley Jr.
Photo Date:  4/20/1947  Upload Date: 3/16/2024 4:55:26 AM
Location:  Benwood, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  BO 7306(2-8-8-0)
Views:  74   Comments: 0
BO 2-8-8-0 #7306 - Baltimore & Ohio
Title:  BO 2-8-8-0 #7306 - Baltimore & Ohio
Description:  This massive powerhouse was caught sitting idle in the Grafton Yard in West Virgina awaiting its final sentence to be passed. Originally built in January of 1918 as Seaboard Air Line 2-8-8-2 #506, it proved to be too costly and time-consuming for the SAL to handle. They sold the loco asnd its sisters to the B&O in 1920. In 1923, the loco was rebuilt by the B&O Shops from a compound to a simple-articulated loco, removbed the trailing truck and reclassed BO 2-8-8-0 #7306 as EL-6a. After nearly 32 years of dedicated service, the loco was sold for scrap in May of 1950. Simplified EL-6a specs - 63" drivers, 210 psi boiler pressure, four 25x32" cylinders, engine wt of 492,000 lb and impressive tractive effort of 108,000 lb. This is a photo by Harold Buckley Jr.
Photo Date:  6/1/1949  Upload Date: 3/16/2024 4:55:23 AM
Location:  Grafton, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  BO 7306(2-8-8-0)
Views:  75   Comments: 0
BO 2-8-8-0 #7314 - Baltimore & Ohio
Title:  BO 2-8-8-0 #7314 - Baltimore & Ohio
Description:  Not long after it was rebuilt by the B&O Shops, this new 2-8-8-0 #7314 sits in the Cumberland yard in Maryland with its other rebuilt sisters. Originally built by Alco-Richmond in January of 1918 as Seaboard Air Line 2-8-8-2 #514, it proved to be a poor match for the needs of the SAL and too costly to maintain both loco and damaged trackage. The SAL sold all of its 2-8-8-2's to B&O in 1920. It was renumbered BO #7314. In 1923, the B&O Shops undertook to simplify the compound Mallet into a simple-articulated one, removed the trailing truck and reclassified BO 2-8-8-0 #7314 as EL-6a. With the advent of diesel, this massive machine was sold for scrap in July of 1950 after nearly 32 years of service. Simplified EL-6a specs - 63" drivers, 210 psi boiler pressure, four 25x32" cylinders, engine wt of 492,000 lb and impressive tractive effort of 108,000 lb. This is a Ralph G. Dunn photo.
Photo Date:  8/18/1924  Upload Date: 3/16/2024 4:56:03 AM
Location:  Cumberland, MD
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  BO 7314(2-8-8-0)
Views:  92   Comments: 1
BO 2-8-8-0 #7314 - Baltimore & Ohio
Title:  BO 2-8-8-0 #7314 - Baltimore & Ohio
Description:  This beautiful, massive machine was originally built by the Alco-Richmond plant in January of 1918 as Seaboard Air Line 2-8-8-2 #514. The loco was sold to the B&O in 1920 after Seaboard Air Line found the loco too much trouble. It was renumbered BO #7314. In 1923, the B&O Shops undertook to simplify the compound Mallet into a simple-articulated one, removed the trailing truck and reclassified BO 2-8-8-0 #7314 as EL-6a. With the advent of diesel, this massive machine was sold for scrap in July of 1950 after nearly 32 years of service. Simplified EL-6a specs - 63" drivers, 210 psi boiler pressure, four 25x32" cylinders, engine wt of 492,000 lb and impressive tractive effort of 108,000 lb. This is a Ralph G. Dunn photo.
Photo Date:  9/6/1939  Upload Date: 3/16/2024 4:56:09 AM
Location:  Grafton, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  BO 7314(2-8-8-0)
Views:  82   Comments: 0


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