| Steamed up and ready for its next assignment is Baltimore & Ohio 2-6-6-2 Mogul Mallet #7518. Built by Alco-Brooks in January of 1918 as Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh #718, it was officially added to the B&O roster as #7518 in 1932. In 1949, the loco was rebuilt into a simple class KK-5 unit. It served until being scrapped in March of 1953. Original specs - 57" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 23.5x37" high pressure cylinders, 37x32" low pressure cylinders, engine wt of 432,000 lb, impressive tractive effort of 80,000 lb. The photo is from the Ralph G. Dunn collection. |