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Published: 2019-06-13 00:36:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 478; Favourites: 12; Downloads: 0
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As Zoey the Western Maryland Potomac is getting ready for her duties in Avalanche City, Colorado, there's some activity going on at the Avalanche City Shops meanwhile. One of them is the railroad's C&O Kanawha named Christina, who was just finished with her 1,472 day inspection and is doing some steam tests under her own power before she'd haul a test train to see if anything needs to be adjusted and modified. It seems she is happy to be in steam again and is whistling happily, signaling her completion. On another track, one of the yard's switchers, Connor, is entering the shop to pick up an empty freight car of parts and set it in a nearby siding. You can't see it, but he is happy to see his friend back in service after a long absent thanks to her rebuild.Game used: Trainz: A New Era.
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In WWII, the Chesapeake & Ohio faced demands for a fast-freight schedule which acquired the 2-8-4 idea to handle the matter.
Both Lima and the American Locomotive Company built (90) 2-8-4's for the C&O before they were named 'Kanawhas' after the Kanawha River.
Each Kanawha locomotive had 69 inch drivers, a boiler pressure of 245 psi, 69,350 Ibs of tractive effort and 10,000 Ibs more with a added booster.
In mid 1952 after war-time, a number of diesel locomotives replaced the entire steam fleet slowly including the relatively-new Kanawhas which retired in 1955.
Of only twelve-remaining 2-8-4's, #2716 was bought into the Norfolk Southern Steam Program for restoration before it operated in action from 1981 to 1982.
Upon restoration, the 2716 masqueraded as a Southern Railway Kanawha, despite the fact there were no 2-8-4's on the SRY.
Unfortunately, a crack on the firebox in 1982 had thrust the only operable C&O Kanawha into retirement again, replaced with the recently-restored NKP Berkshire #765 instead.
Fourteen years later in 1996, the 2716 was put back into action again by the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society as a accurate method to generate funds for 765's 2nd restoration.
It was only a brief operation for the 2716 when increasing issues put the only operable Kanawha into retirement for the third time.
Once again, the Chesapeake and Ohio 2716 was put back on display at the Kentucky Railway Museum until 2016 marked its proposed-restoration by the local steam heritage group.
When the Canadian National railway merged with the Grand Trunk in 1923, they changed their 'F-9' class 0-6-0 switchers into O18a's.
Between 1919 and 1921, (50) of these bulky switchers were built by the Grand Trunk's Point St. Charles Shops, renumbered 7424 through 7475.
Saddled on 51 inch drivers, producing 36,703 Ibs of tractive effort, the O18a's were used all the way until the late 1950's marked their final show when dieselization took over.
Only (3) of the original (50) 0-6-0 switchers were spared from the scrapper's torch, but only one was sacrificed after servicing at the International Harvester in 1958.
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This is a nice shot. I really like the look of shops, Good job on that as well. Is it based on any shops in particular?
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Thank you. No actually. I just thought of it in my head.
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You're welcome! That's cool.
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Yep. The railroad would have two more shops, one in Lake Hurst and in Denver.
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That's cool, will the shops at Avalanche be the biggest of the three?
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Yeah. I'll figure that out when I reach those cities.
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