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Pictures of BO 7315
Owner:
Baltimore & Ohio
Model:
Alco 2-8-8-0
Built As:
SAL 515 (2-8-8-2)
Serial Number:
58078
Order No:
R-262
Frame Number:
26½&42x32 cyl., 63" drivers
Built:
1/1918
Notes:
1/1918, Richmond, nee-SAL 2-8-8-2 515, sold 1920, reblt BO 2-8-8-0 7315 sfs
Other locos with this serial:
BO 7315(2-8-8-0)
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Title:
BO 2-8-8-0 #7315 - Baltimore & Ohio
Description:
This loco has led quite an interesting life. Built by Alco-Richmond in January of 1912, it started out as Seaboard Air Line compound- articulated 2-8-8-2 #515. it was sold to the B&O in 1920 as their 7315 and reclassed as EE-1. In 1923, the B&O shops rebuilt it to a 2-8-8-0 and reclassified it as an EL-6 loco. Later in 1927, it was again rerbuilt into a simple-articulated loco and reclassified again as EL-6a.After serving the SAL and then the B&O for nearly 32 years, the massive loco was sold for scrap in July of 1950. I believe this photo was taken as it sat in the dead/scrap line at the Willard yard and this might be the last photo taken of it before the scrapper's torch ended its life. Simplified-articulated specs - 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, four 25x32" cylinders, engine wt of 492,000 lb and impressive tractive effort of 108,000 lb. The photo is from the Howard W. Ameling collection.
Photo Date:
10/18/1949
Upload Date:
7/6/2023 6:22:20 AM
Location:
Willard, OH
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
BO 7315(2-8-8-0)
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