| This Alco-Cooke 0-8-0 yard switcher was built in March of 1923 originally as Pere Marquette #1315. The loco was absorbed into the C&O roster in 1947 as CO 0-8-0 #345. The loco lasted 28 years before being scrapped in October of 1951. Specs - serial #64244, PM class S-1, C&O class C-13, 51" drivers (PM). 52" drivers (C&O), 200 psi boiler pressure, 22x28" cylinders, engine wt of 206,500 lb and tractive effort of 45,200 lb.. No date was given for the photo taken by R.D. Patton. The or location was listed as Ganley's Ridge, WV but I can't confirm this location. Can anyone help with this one? Jonathan Spurlock has found Handley, WV, as having several of the landmarks in a couple of photos that were marked as Ganley's Ridge, so will use that location until someone knows exactly where Ganley's Ridge is. |