B&O Centennial 1927

Classic Trains General Discussion
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My father took these pictures at the Centennial. Here is a link to a Set of 15 pictures. I can’t identify any of the engines. I think the really old engines are reproductions.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11157878@N06/sets/72157623792836265/

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Bob, I think these are:

Tom Thumb

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/4545819695_4077a8665c_b.jpg

http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/bo_tt.jpg

Atlantic

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4546441664_7cc0d26f3c_b.jpg

http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/69f65880130c65cd_landing

Lafayette or William Galloway

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4060/4546462872_d5537dcf24_b.jpg

http://calslivesteam.org/images/b&o10.jpg

http://photoswest.org/cgi-bin/imager?00002613

William Mason

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4027/4546467136_fac1993741_b.jpg

http://www.yesteryeardepot.com/BO25.JPG

King George V

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4021/4546446872_e4b894763c_b.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_6000_Class_6000_King_George_V

Mike

3

Thanks for the info. I thought the King George had a foreign look to it. Those front bumpers remind me of similar items on German Marklin model trains my brother had.

4

I liked the photos of old and curious locos of the early days. Good posting!

Incidentally the loco King George V (he was the King at the time) was the first of the Class of 30. It still exists and is at York included in our National Railway Collection.

Two other locos of the Class are also still extant. 6023 King Edward II and 6024 King Edward I. I have not seen 6023 but have seen 6024 running on regular visits to the Heritage line where I volunteer.

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Photo 1927-008 Appears to be one of the B&O’s Q Class 2-8-2s.

Photo 1927-017 is a B&O EL5a 2-8-8-0 simple articulated. The B&O shops rebuilt these in 1927 from earlier compounds built by Baldwin in the WW1 era. Note the twin stacks. By converting them into simple articulated locomotives, the B&O freed up a lot of horsepower and speed from their large boilers. They were used in service until the mid-1950’s.

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Upon further review…

The photo I said appeared to be a Q Class 2-8-2 is incorrect.

After looking at it again, it struck me that the boiler was way to big to be a Q-Class. After digging around some old B&O photos I have, the locomotive in question is a T-Class 4-8-2 Mountain, either #5500 or #5501.

The Class-T were the first 4-8-2s used by the B&O, and were built in their shops using the boilers from large S-Class 2-10-2s. In working order they weighed in at over 700,000 lbs and were used until the mid 1950’s.

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Thanks for the correction [:)]

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My father was a teen during the B&O’s Fair of the Iron Horse, that was held at Halethorpe, MD in the fall of 1927. Apparently a series of stereoscopic slide were being sold depicting the event…after my father’s passing I found them in his effects…a few of the series are missing, however it is a very illuminating series of photos of the event.