Class K-4

This Model 2700 engine, 55th of the series, was donated to Chief Logan State Park by C&O Railroad and placed on display in March 1961. Engine 2755 was one of 90 such models built in 1947. This particular engine hauled coal, which was mined on property that now belongs to Chief Logan State Park, approximately 90 miles to a steel mill in Russell, Kentucky. The use of the steam engine was abandoned with the invention of the diesel engine.

Road Number – 2755

Builder – Lima, Ohio

Date – 1947

Weight – 1 million pounds

Tender Coal Capacity – 30 tons

Tender Water Capacity – 21,000 gallons

Marker is on Little Buffalo Creek Road (County Highway 10/02), on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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