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Pictures of BO 7303
Owner:
Baltimore & Ohio
Model:
Alco 2-8-8-0
Built As:
SAL 503 (2-8-8-2)
Serial Number:
58066
Order No:
R-262
Frame Number:
26½&42x32 cyl., 63" drivers
Built:
1/1918
Notes:
Richmond 1918 B&O shops 1923 rebuilt of SAL 2-8-8-2, sfs 08/50
Other locos with this serial:
BO 7303(2-8-8-0)
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Title:
BO 2-8-8-0 #7303 - Baltimore & Ohio
Description:
Originally built by Alco-Richmond in 1918 for the Seaboard Air Line, it was sold to the B&O in 1922 and rebuilt by their shops into this 2-8-8-0 "Consolidation Mallet" type locomtoive. Specifics - class EL-6a, ex-SAL 2-8-8-2 acquired in 1922, 63" drivers, 225 psi boiler pressure, 25x32" cylinders (4), engine weight of 492,000lb, impressive tractive effort of 121,429 lb. The class was retired in 1954. This appears to be a later reprint of the newly rebuilt #7303. No photographer or exact date given.
Photo Date:
6/1/1922
Upload Date:
3/15/2015 5:36:14 AM
Location:
Baltimore, MD
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
BO 7303(2-8-8-0)
Views:
1273
Comments:
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Title:
BO 2-8-8-0 #7303 - Baltimore & Ohio
Description:
Here is the engineer's side of the B&O shops rebuilt ex-SAL 2-8-8-2 locomotive. Specifics - class EL-6a, ex-SAL 2-8-8-2 acquired in 1922, 63" drivers, 225 psi boiler pressure, 25x32" cylinders (4), engine weight of 492,000lb, impressive tractive effort of 121,429 lb. The class was retired in 1954. This appears to be a later reprint of the newly rebuilt #7303. No photographer or exact date given.
Photo Date:
6/1/1922
Upload Date:
3/15/2015 5:36:25 AM
Location:
Baltimore, MD
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
BO 7303(2-8-8-0)
Views:
1105
Comments:
3
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