Scrap Lines Behind the Diesel Shops in Russell, KY

Upon retirement, a number of C&O steamers were stored on the scrap lines behind the diesel shops at Russell, KY. Fortunately, a few escaped the torch although I'm sure many were scrapped. The following locomotives remained on these scrap lines into the mid 1970s:

• 2-8-2s
  • K-2 1189 (The last C&O K-2. Scrapped in the mid 1970s.)
• 2-8-4s
  • 2705 (Now at the B&O Museum in Baltimore, MD)
  • 2756 (Placed in Huntington Park, Newport News, VA in 1963)
  • 2770 (scrapped in the mid 1970s)
  • 2781 (scrapped in the mid 1970s)
• 4-8-4s
  • J3a 4-8-4 614 (Still wearing 611 to which it had been temporarily renumbered just before retirement. Now located in Port Clinton, PA.)
• 2-6-6-2s
  • H-6 2-6-6-2 1309 (Baldwin's last domestic steam locomotive, now located at the B&O Museum in Baltimore, MD)
• 2-6-6-6s
  • H-8 2-6-6-6 1604 (Donated to the Roanoke Transportation Museum circa 1969. Now at the B&O Museum in Baltimore, MD)

In 1975, the balance of the steamers at Russell were moved to the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, where they all reside today, with the exception of 614.

Photos of the Scrap Lines in the mid 1960s

• C&O 2-8-2 1189 (Scrapped in the mid 1970s)
  • Photos: 1 2 3 4 5
• C&O 2-8-4 2705 (Now located at the B&O Museum)
  • Photos: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
• C&O 2-8-4 2781 (Scrapped in the mid 1970s)
  • Photos: 1 2 3 4
• C&O 4-8-4 611 (614) (Now located in Port Clinton, PA)
  • Photos: 1 2 3 4 5
• C&O 2-6-6-6 1604 (Now located at the B&O Museum)
  • Photos: 1 2 3 4 5 6

• Why is 2-8-4 2770 not pictured? Had it not yet been stored here? Was it already scrapped? Is my information which claims that 2770 was stored here incorrect? Was it stored on-site at another location?
• Why is 2-6-6-2 1309 not pictured? Had it not yet been stored here? Was it already relocated to the B&O Museum? Was it stored somewhere else on-site?