Triple Articulated Compound Locomotive

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Stock #:744594
Type: Postcard
Era: Divided Back
City: Philadelphia
State: Pennsylvania (PA)
County: Philadelphia
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
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Built by The Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Erie Railroad Company. Cylinders, two high-pressure 36" x 32"; Cylinders, four low-pressure 36" x 32"; Valves, piston 16" dia.; Boiler, dia. 94"; Working pressure 210 lbs.; Firebox, Gaines type 162" long, 108" wide; Grate, length 120"; Fuel Soft coal; Tubes, 53, 5 1/2" dia. and 326, 2 1/4" dia.; Tubes, length 24' 0"; Water heating surface 6886 sq. ft; Superheating surface 1584 sq. ft; Grate area 90 sq. ft; Driving wheels, dia. 63"; Wheel base, rigid, each group, 16' 6"; Wheel base, total 90' 0"; Tank capacity 10,000 gals.; Coal capacity 16 tons; Weight on all driving wheels 761,600 lbs.; Weight, total 853,050 lbs.; Height over all 16' 6"; Width over all 11' 3"; Length over all 106' 0 1/2"; Tractive force 160,000 lbs. This locomotive is equipped with Schmidt superheater and Street mechanical stoker. It has hauled a train 1.6 miles in length, composed of 250 loaded cars weighing 17,912 tons, up a grade of 0.09 per cent, combined with a 5 degree curve. It is regularly used in heavy pushing service.

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