Already missing its main rod, this 1910 Alco-Brooks built 2-8-0 Consolidation sits quietly in the scrap line. Originally built as Hocking Valley #153, it was absorbed into the C&O roster in 1930. Specs - serial #48157, class G-3 (originally C10), 57" drivers, 205 psi boiler pressure, engine weight of 236,000 lb, tractive effort of 48,515 lb. J.D. Patton photo |