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Chesapeake & Ohio K-4 Class 2-8-4 Steam Locomotives Thomas W. Dixon #1 History S
Chesapeake & Ohio K-4 Class 2-8-4 Steam Locomotives Thomas W. Dixon #1 History Series sc
C&O History Series # 1
Chesapeake & Ohio K-4 Class 2-8-4 Steam Locomotives
Thomas W. Dixon
Soft Cover
80 Pages
Copyright 2013
Contents
Chapter One Genesis of the Kanawha Type on the C&O 5
Chapter Two Mechanical Specifications of the K-4 Class 2-8-4 15
Chapter ThreeGene Huddleston on the K-4 29
Chapter FourK-4s in Operation 1944-1956 41
Chapter Five The "Other" C&O 2-8-4s 75
K-4s Postscript Afterlife 79
About this book...
This book deals with the development and operation of one of the C&O's most important modern steam locomotives, the 2-8-4. This type was developed by Lima Locomotive Works in 1925 and soon became popular. Though popularly known as "Berkshire Type," on the C&O it was named "Kanawha Type" and given K-4 class.
As part of the Van Sweringen railroad empire in the 1920s-30s and a carryover from that, C&O's locomotives were designed by the Advisory Mechanical Committee that oversaw the equipment of the Erie, Nickel Plate Road, Pere Marquette, and C&O. The 2-8-4 became a favorite type for the AMC designers. The Erie got its in 1927, and this design was used to create 2-8-4s for the NKP in 1934, the PM in 1937, and finally the C&O in 1943.
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