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Owner: Kansas City Southern
Model:Alco 2-8-0Built As:KCS 563 (2-8-0)
Serial Number:52962Order No:R-235
Frame Number:26X30 cylinders, 57" driversBuilt:2/1913
Notes:Richmond, 1913, E-4 class, scrapped 09/53
Other locos with this serial:  KCS 563(2-8-0)
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KCS 2-8-0 #563 - Kansas City Southern
Title:  KCS 2-8-0 #563 - Kansas City Southern
Description:  This oil burning locomotive was built by Alco-Richmond in 1913 as one of KCS class E-4's. It had 63" drivers and could generate a respectable 200 psi for its 26"x30" cylinders. Engine weight was 262,400 lb and it could produce a tractive effort of 54, 742 lb. It appears to habe been rebuilt twice during its lifetime. No photogrpaher listed for this badly deteriorating photo and the date is an approximation.
Photo Date:  6/1/1935  Upload Date: 5/5/2014 6:00:59 AM
Location:  unknown, MO
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  KCS 563(2-8-0)
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