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| Title: |
Southern Railway #2716 (K-4 class 2-8-4 aka C & O "Kanawha" 2716) backing around east leg of wye |
| Description: |
Southern Railway 2-8-4 #2716, after having its tender loaded with coal, its water tank topped off, its running gear inspected and lubricated, now slowly backs around the wye. During this lull, the crew can tend to their personal needs, as evidenced by the fireman riding the top of the coal tender and enjoying a box lunch |
| Photo Date: |
11/14/1981 Upload Date: 6/28/2009 7:01:37 PM |
| Location: |
Opelika, AL |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 2716(2-8-4) CO 2716(2-8-4) |
| Views: |
2306 Comments: 6 |
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Southern Railway "Kanawha type" 2-8-4 #2716, a 1944 product of ALCO built for Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad as C&O 2716, |
| Description: |
The conductor is protecting the shove move around the east leg of the Opelika wye as the power is being turned for its trip back to Birmingham. The excursion train consist is to the left and the bridge in the distance crosses over the Western Railway of Alabama. 2716 will access WofA tracks to get to the east leg of the Opelika wye. The building on the left is the WofA freight house and just to the left of it is the crossing between the Southern Railway and Western Railway of Alabama. The former Central of Georgia depot sits to the left of the people gathered in the distance |
| Photo Date: |
11/14/1981 Upload Date: 11/5/2010 10:07:36 AM |
| Location: |
Opelika, AL |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 2716(2-8-4) CO 2716(2-8-4) |
| Views: |
2954 Comments: 4 |
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