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Owner: Baltimore & Ohio
Model:BLW 2-8-2Built As:BO 4620 (2-8-2)
Serial Number:56250Order No:
Frame Number:26X32 cylinders, 64" driversBuilt:3/1923
Notes:1923, class 4-b, re# 477 in 1957, retired at Benwood 10/1959
Other locos with this serial:  BO 4620(2-8-2)
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BO 2-8-2 #4620 & #4615 - Baltimore & Ohio
Title:  BO 2-8-2 #4620 & #4615 - Baltimore & Ohio
Description:  Slightly blurry photo of two double-header Baltimore & Ohio Mikados in the hills of West Virginia. A detailed and interesting note on the back states "ED Exp trn B&O #30 ascending Terra Alta grade 14 1/2 mi - here 5 mi below Terra Alta, (1947) engs 4620-4615, Q4B's, 2-8-2's. Rattlesnakes and wildcats not in picture." Unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  6/1/1947  Upload Date: 2/3/2022 11:48:59 AM
Location:  Terra Alta, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  BO 4620(2-8-2)
Views:  124   Comments: 0
Baltimore & Ohio 2-8-2 #4620 and #4615
Title:  Baltimore & Ohio 2-8-2 #4620 and #4615
Description:  An impressive double header show with #4620 in the lead and #4615 trailing in West Virginia on this day in 1947. This was a Baldwin built 1923, class Q-4b locomotive with 64" drivers, an overall wheelbase of 74.23', and an engine wt of 327,400lbs. From the looks of the photo, it was not printed by a commercial company.
Photo Date:  6/1/1947  Upload Date: 7/30/2013 10:36:05 AM
Location:  Terra Alta, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  BO 4620(2-8-2) BO 4615(2-8-2)
Views:  613   Comments: 0


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