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BO 2-8-8-0 #7313 - Baltimore & Ohio |
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Still running the rails with a long drag of coal cars is Baltimore & Ohio massive 2-8-8-0 #7313. Originally built in January of 1918 by Alco-Richmond as Seaboard Air Line 2-8-8-2 #513, the SAL found the massive compound articulated loco unsuitable and very costly to maintain for their system. They sold #7313 and its sisters to the B&O in 1920. In 1923, the B&O Shops rebuilt it into a simple-articulated Mallet and reclassed as EL-6a After nearly 32 years of service, the loco was sold for scrap in July of 1950. That would have been one HUGE pile of scrap metal! 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. No date, location or photographer was listed for this photo. |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/1947 Upload Date: 3/16/2024 4:55:30 AM |
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Unknown, WV |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
BO 7313(2-8-8-0) |
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25 Comments: 0 |
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BO 2-8-8-0 #7313 - Baltimore & Ohio |
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Here is another intriguing history behind a loco. Built by Alco-Richmond in January of 1918 as Seaboard Air Line 2-8-8-2 #513, it was sold to the B&O in 1920 and renumbered BO 7313. In 1923, the loco was rebuilt to 2-8-8-0 as seen in the photo below at the M&K Junction near Rowlesburg, WV. It was reclassified as EL-6a. After serving the SAL and then the B&O for nearly 32 years, the massive loco was sold for scrap in July of 1950. Simplified-articulated specs - 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, four 25x32" cylinders, engine wt of 492,000 lb and impressive tractive effort of 108,000 lb. No photographer was listed and no exact day in 1949 was given for the photo.. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1949 Upload Date: 7/6/2023 6:22:17 AM |
| Location: |
Rowlesburg, WV |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
BO 7313(2-8-8-0) |
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87 Comments: 0 |
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