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Western corner of the B&O

By Mitch Horner | January 30, 2026

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Consolidation 2836 steams across a country road at Junction, Ill., with the every-other-day freight between Flora and Shawneetown in September 1954. Philip R. Hastings photo

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Güntürk Üstün says:

January 30, 2026 at 4:21 pm

The B&O #2836(2-8-0) was forty-four years old when this picture was taken…

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