| Chesapeake & Ohio 2755 | |
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| Power type | Steam |
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| Builder | Lima Locomotive Works |
| Build date | 1947 |
| Total produced | 10 |
| Configuration | 2-8-4 |
| Gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
| Driver diameter | 69 in (1,753 mm) |
| Length | 105.2 ft (32.1 m) |
| Weight on drivers | 293,100 lb (133 t) |
| Locomotive weight | 469,680 lb (213 t) |
| Tender weight | 394,100 lb (179 t) |
| Locomotive & tender combined weight |
863,780 lb (392 t) |
| Tender type | 21-RG |
| Fuel type | Coal |
| Water capacity | 21,000 US gal (79,494 l) |
| Tender capacity | 30 short tons (27 t) |
| Boiler pressure | 245 psi (2 MPa) |
| Feedwater heater | Worthington Type 5½ SSA |
| Firegrate area | 90 sq ft (8 m2) |
| Heating surface: Total |
4,714 sq ft (438 m2) |
| Superheater type | Elesco Type E |
| Cylinders | 2 |
| Cylinder size | 26 × 34 in (660 × 864 mm) |
| Valve gear | Baker |
| Tractive effort | 69,350 lbf (308 kN) |
| Factor of adhesion |
4.23 |
| Class | K-4 |
| Number in class | 90 |
| Number | 2755 |
| Retired | late 1956 |
| Current owner | West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |
| Disposition | Static display |
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Chesapeake and Ohio 2755 Steam Locomotive
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| Nearest city: | Henlawson, West Virginia |
| Area: | 0.2 acres (0.081 ha) |
| Built: | 1947 |
| Architect: | Lima Locomotive Works |
| Architectural style: | K-4 Class Locomotive |
| Governing body: | State |
| NRHP Reference#: | 06000900[3] |
| Added to NRHP: | September 28, 2006 |
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway 2755 is a standard gauge steam railway locomotive of the 2-8-4 type, called "Berkshire" by most US railroads, but "Kanawha" by the Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O). It is one of a total of ninety built by Alco (which built seventy) and Lima (which built the remaining twenty, including 2755) between 1943 and 1947.
A Berkshire type was the first of the Lima Super Power locomotives in 1925 and these followed in that tradition, with all the latest equipment -- Schmidt superheater, Elesco feedwater heater, booster on the trailing truck, roller bearings, and so forth. They carried Baker valve gear, which the C&O preferred to the simpler and much more widely used Walschaerts valve gear.
It spent its nine year working life hauling coal on the various mine branches out of Logan, West Virginia, usually to the Ohio River at Russell, Kentucky. Its last known run was from Handley, West Virginia, to Russell on January 18, 1956.
After refurbishing at the Huntington, West Virginia, shops in the fall of 1960, it was delivered to its present location in Chief Logan State Park in March 1961. It was seriously vandalized in the late 1970s or early 1980s, with the glass broken and gauges stolen or destroyed. It has been repaired and fenced for protection. The Island Creek Model Railroad Club acts as curators.
The locomotive was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006 as Chesapeake and Ohio 2755 Steam Locomotive.[3]
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