B&O 5580 - 4-8-2

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Chuck Zeiler	General	Class T-3b, seven were built in 1945, road #'s 5575-5581, information from: http://www.steamlocomotive.com/mountain/?page=bo	8/9/2012 11:21:27 AM

Chuck Zeiler	General	In the early 1940s, the B&O decided to build "Mountain" type locomotives to help with the increase in traffic caused by the war effort. From 1942 to 1948 it built forty of them (Class T-3, road numbers 5555 through 5594) in its Mt. Clare Shops in Baltimore, MD. These locomotives were built to the same general specifications which included 27 x 32 cylinders, 70" drivers, a boiler pressure of 230 psi, a tractive effort of 65,100 lbs and a weight of 375,000 pounds. There were some variations in the features of these locomotives as shown in the chart below. The Class T-3s were retired in 1960.	8/9/2012 11:23:53 AM

Jim Satterwhite	General	This one could be photoshopped a little to make a great photo. Alignment and cropping would do wonders for it. It is good just the way it is and perhaps it is best left as it was shot.	8/9/2012 4:38:50 PM

Alek Salka	General	Priceless.	8/19/2012 7:53:53 AM

Bernie Feltman	General	Nice, Bruce	8/19/2012 12:51:34 PM

Curt Beal	General	I remember seeing this on Ebay a while back. Glad someone bought it. Yes it does need aligned a little but I say no to cropping. No reason to crop out that nice view of the river. It doesn't look like that anymore because trees have grown up along it. This is between Broadford and Connellsville approaching what is known as West Yough, and it is an eastbound. It is down to two tracks here now, and the track it is on no longer exists.	8/20/2012 5:44:10 PM

Robert Beichler	General	Nice shot as is, I wouldn't change anything, it would change the context.	8/27/2012 5:15:57 AM

Bruce Phillips	General	I won't be modifying any slides, I agree they are best left as the photographer took them.	8/27/2012 8:41:53 AM

Danny Robie	General	Fine image of a B&O "Mountain" and color to boot.	9/5/2012 8:27:09 PM

Fred Stuckmann	General	Super shot. Congrats too.	12/13/2012 1:31:30 PM

Dennis Andariese	General	Photoshop be d*mned. This was a fantastic find.	1/22/2013 11:32:55 PM

B&O 5580 - 4-8-2
Collection of Mario Stefani - Built by Baldwin in September 1912 (c/n 38339) as 2-8-2 class Q-1b #4204, it was rebuilt by the B&O in 1915 toclass Q-1ba, rebuilt in 1945 to 4-8-2 class T-3b #5580, renumbered to 722 in 1956, dropped from the roster in 1960.
Date: 10/24/1954	Location: Connellsville, PA Map	Views: 6012	Collection Of: Bruce Phillips
Locomotives: BO 5580(4-8-2)			Author: Unknown

Picture Categories: Roster,Steam,Action		This picture is part of album: B&O & C&O Steam in Color 1950-1955

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