B+O 476 at Oakland DSCN9813 by rlkitterman on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

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Published: Nov 1, 2022

Description

Jonesboro, Lake City & Eastern Railroad № 40 (Baldwin 54265, 1920) → Frisco № 76 → Mississippian Railway № 76, a "Consolidation" 2-8-0 steam locomotive painted as Baltimore & Ohio Railroad E-39 № 476, sits outside the former station now hosting the Oakland (Maryland) B&O Museum. After entering preservation in 1967, the locomotive served the Penn View Mountain Railroad and the Gettysburg Railroad (both in Pennsylvania), but the "B&O 476" appearance was not applied until she found a new home in Oakland. The E-39 class was used by the B&O for a pair of Morgantown & Kingwood Railroad (West Virginia) Consolidations built by Baldwin in 1903 and integrated into the B&O fleet after absorption of the M&K in 1922, so assigning that to another light Baldwin Consolidation is plausible even if 476 is out of sequence with the real E-39s' numbers 415 and 416. She is certainly representative of the smaller locomotives that were still in production, and in service, well into the 20th century.

Image size

3264x2448px 1.63 MB

Shutter Speed

10/5000 second

Date Taken

Oct 29, 2022, 3:08:21 PM