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B&O 2-8-8-4 in Cumberland shop 1959

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B&O 2-8-8-4 in Cumberland shop 1959
Posted by tcrail on Wednesday, October 1, 2008 4:23 PM
Visiting there in July 1959, I was given a tour through the backshop.  Inside, completely disassembled was an EM-1.  The guide, a foreman if I recall, mentioned that it's rebuilding had been suspended (B&O was dieselized by now) and that a local artist made several visits to make sketches of the various sub-assemblies scattered about.  Does anyone out there possibly know what engine number this was? 
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Posted by arkansasrailfan on Thursday, October 2, 2008 5:48 PM
Interesting story.
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Posted by JayPotter on Thursday, October 2, 2008 6:39 PM
I have no idea what locomotive it was; however I wonder if the artist might have been Charles Amos, who would have been around 28 years old then.  He has close ties to the Cumberland Shop; and the CSXT locomotive service center in Cumberland is named in his honor.

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