C&O K-4 (Kanawha) #2760 is located in Riverside Park, about 1.5 miles west of downtown Lynchburg, VA. It’s a short walk from the car park at the Riverfront Ave entrance, in a shady hollow. As it’s quite off the beaten track, it was prey to vandalism and scavengers for scrap metal over many years and was consequently deteriorated to an appalling state.

However, in 2004 an elementary school teacher and the local Kiwanis Club started a "Save the Train" campaign. They have carried out cosmetic restoration over the following years and the locomotive is looking in much better shape than in some earlier photos I have seen.

The display originally included a Southern passenger car but this was removed some time ago and it appears to be too far gone for restoration. The caboose is Virginian #64.

Ninety K-4 locomotives were built for the C&O between 1943 and 1947 (70 by Alco and 20 by Lima). Twelve survive in the U.S. A total of 611 of the 2-8-4 “Berkshire” type were built in all. Besides the 12 C&O examples, there are 8 other surviving 2-8-4s (2 Pere Marquette and 6 Nickel Plate).  

You can see other K-4 locomotives on the St Louis Transportation Museum and National Railroad Museum pages of this website.

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