C&O Kanawha Class Locomotive 2732

C&O Railway named this class of locomotives Kanawhas after the Kanawha River. This locomotive and 39 others like it were designed to handle heavy freight and passenger loads. The Science Museum of Virginia's locomotive is the only one that still has its original tender. Coal was fed to the boiler by a screw conveyor, because manually, two firemen could not appease its appetite. Its specifications were length 57 feet, weight 850,000 pounds, maximum speed 70 miles per hour, and service dates 1943 to 1957.

Richmond, Virginia · United States