This appears to be either a builder's photo or a Chesapeake & Ohio publicity photo of the 1947 Lima built 2-8-4 Kanawha (C&O's name for the Berkshires). Specs - K-4 class, 69" drivers, impressive 245 psi boiler pressue, 26x34" cylinders, engine weight of 460,000 lb, tractive effort of 69.368 lb. Scrapped by May of 1961 |