Baltimore & Ohio F7A No. 4580 is eastbound in Kent in the late 1960s. On the left side, a small portion of the B&O passenger station can be seen.
Photograph by Robert Farkas
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B&O F7A in Kent
June 25, 2021Another B&O F7A at Work
May 13, 2021
We don’t know where this image of Baltimore & Ohio F7A No. 4590 was made. We do know it was made in mid 1968.
Photograph by Mike Ondecker
Up From the Coal Mines
April 4, 2021
Baltimore & Ohio F7A No. 4553 is passing Warwick Tower in Clinton in the late 1960s. It looks like it is hauling coal from Holloway, Ohio.
Coal was a major commodity once handled by the B&O on that line but the mines have since closed and the former B&O lines in that mining region of Ohio have been abandoned.
No. 4553 would later be transformed into a locomotive that pulled Maryland Area Regional Commuter trains. It has been saved and is now in the collection of the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore.
For more background on No. 4553, see this earlier post on this site: https://akronrrclub.wordpress.com/tag/bo-4553/
Photograph by Robert Farkas
B&O F7A in Akron
October 29, 2020
Baltimore & Ohio F7A No. 4590 along with an F7B is shown in Akron in the late 1960s/early 1970s. The location appears to be the mainline above the B&O shops.
Photograph by Robert Farkas
What Was the First Thing You Noticed?
June 16, 2020
When you initially glanced over this image what was the first thing that you noticed?
Was it the Baltimore & Ohio F7A No. 4529 or was it the boxcar behind it?
Whatever it was both feature something you won’t see anymore at Voris Street in Akron.
You won’t see F units in motive power consists anymore and you also won’t see the words “cushion underframe” on boxcars.
Yet were common sights that many might have taken for granted when this image was made in the early 1970s.
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