How many Berkshire locomotives are left?

Twenty of the Berkshire type locomotives exist today: 2 from the Pere Marquette, 6 from the Nickel Plate Road and 12 of the C & O's 2-8-4 locomotives, which they called Kanawhas. There are also a number of tenders that were used on Berkshire type locomotives that have survived.



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