The Cincinnati Railroad Club presents the artifact of the month for March. This is a relatively new acquisition for the club’s collection. We showcase the bell from the Chesapeake and Ohio locomotive number 2759. This locomotive was a Kanawha 2-8-4, K-4 Class, and was manufactured in Lima, Ohio. Designed to burn soft coal, with a boiler pressure of 245 LBS, the tender capacity was 21,000 gallons. Driving wheel diameter: 69 inches. The 2759 was included in a production run of 10 locomotives, 2750-2759. The Kanawhas get their name from the Kanawha River in West Virginia. Here we see the 2759 in 1948, hard at work in Russell, Kentucky. Photo credit to Gene Huddleston and the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society.
Bell from the Chesapeake and Ohio locomotive number 2759 – March Artifact of the Month
