This 0-6-0 tank engine was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1923. It was acquired by E.J. Lavino in 1946. The locomotive was displayed for many years at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke, but I understand that it has been acquired by the Roanoke Chapter of the the National Railway Historical Society and moved. For a 1990 photograph of #34 when it was on display at the VMT, see here.
E.J. Lavino and Co. operated a blast furnace in Lynchburg producing ferro-manganese and this picture was taken at that Lynchburg plant. The company also operated a blast furnace in Pennsylvania, and the locomotive was moved there in November of 1949, which dates this picture to 1946-49. For pictures of what is left of the plant in Lynchburg, visit the Steel Industry Forum.
This is the last of the prints by an unidentified photographer that I came across in a Richmond book shop back in December. The other four may be seen at the following links:
The Lavino "furnace" at Reusens shut down for good on August 18, 1967.
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