| A note on the back states " "Chesapeake & Ohio 12-8-4 2701 K-4 on permanent display in Las Salle Park, Buffalo, NY now scrapped. 26x34 (cylinders), 69" (drivers), 245 (psi boiler pressure), 69,350 (lb tractive effort), Alco 1943." In 1954, the C&O donated 2701 to the city of Buffalo, NY. It was placed on display on a short stretch of track near the waterfront. 2701 had been on display for only one week and all of the glass was broken and everything that could be removed (short of using a torch) was removed. Souvenir-hunting vandals wrecked her so bad that 2701 had to be scrapped after being on display for only a few months! unknown photographer |