Minnesota & Northwestern / Chicago, St Paul & Kansas City / Chicago, St. Paul, & Kansas City 4-4-0 "American" Type Locomotives

Class C10 (Locobase 4158)

See http://www.geocities.com/zvwrr/chicago_great_western_steam.html for the original 1917 railroad diagrams.

According to a compilation of Cooke locomotives by B.Rumary (25 Kingscombe, Gurney Slade, Radstock, BA3 4TH, ENGLAND) and supplied to Locobase by Allen Stanley in March 2004, works numbers were 1612-1616 (February 1885) and 1617-1621 (April-May 1885). Their road numbers suggest that they were the first for the M & NW.

Jerry L. Huddleston explains, on http://www.trainweb.org/cgw/history-bin/about_the%20cgw.html (visited 11 August 2004), that the M & NW was the 110-mile predecessor of the Chicago Great Western that opened in 1885 by the "imaginative and energetic Minnesotan, A.B. Stickney". Stickney soon extended the M & NW to Kansas City and Chicago. Two years later, he merged the M & NW with the Chicago, St Paul, & Kansas City (C, St P & KC), which he also owned. Finally, Stickney merged the C, St P & KC with the CGW in 1892.

This class was ordered by and delivered to the M & NW. These were a bit bigger than the later 4-4-0s of this system. Number in the original class isn't known (3 engines left as of 1917).

Class C11 (Locobase 4153)

See http://www.geocities.com/zvwrr/chicago_great_western_steam.html for the original 1917 railroad diagrams.

According to a compilation of Cooke locomotives by B.Rumary (25 Kingscombe, Gurney Slade, Radstock, BA3 4TH, ENGLAND) and supplied to Locobase by Allen Stanley in March 2004, works numbers were 1809-1816 (July 1887). See Locobase 4158 for discussion of the M & NW and its later acquisition by the Chicago Great Western.

Class C14 (Locobase 4159)

See http://www.geocities.com/zvwrr/chicago_great_western_steam.html for the original 1917 railroad diagrams.

Locobase cannot match up this class to any entry in the compilation of Cooke locomotives by B.Rumary (25 Kingscombe, Gurney Slade, Radstock, BA3 4TH, ENGLAND) and supplied to Locobase by Allen Stanley in March 2004.

Class C8 (Locobase 4154)

See http://www.geocities.com/zvwrr/chicago_great_western_steam.html for the original 1917 railroad diagrams.

According to a compilation of Cooke locomotives by B.Rumary (25 Kingscombe, Gurney Slade, Radstock, BA3 4TH, ENGLAND) and supplied to Locobase by Allen Stanley in March 2004, works numbers were 1652-1654 (December 1885) and 1655-74 (April-July 1886).

This substantial order built on the earlier 4-4-0s delivered in 1885, but reduced the size. By the time the 1917 diagrams were published, only two were left in service on the successor Chicago Great Western.

Class C9 (Locobase 4155)

See http://www.geocities.com/zvwrr/chicago_great_western_steam.html for the original 1917 railroad diagrams. Very similar to C8, but boasting a larger boiler and grate with higher boiler pressure.

According to a compilation of Cooke locomotives by B.Rumary (25 Kingscombe, Gurney Slade, Radstock, BA3 4TH, ENGLAND) and supplied to Locobase by Allen Stanley in March 2004, works numbers were 1939-1943 (November1888). Four years later the C, St P & KC would be merged with the Chicago Great Western.

Specifications
ClassC10C11C14C8C9
Locobase ID41584153415941544155
RailroadMinnesota & Northwestern (CGW)Minnesota & Northwestern (CGW)Chicago, St. Paul, & Kansas City (CGW)Minnesota & Northwestern (CGW)Chicago, St Paul & Kansas City (CGW)
Whyte4-4-04-4-04-4-04-4-04-4-0
Road Numbers1-10 / 33, 38, 3941-48 / 90-9581, 84, 8514-36 / 16, 68111-115 / 66
GaugeStdStdStdStdStd
BuilderCookeCookeCookeCookeCooke
Year18851887189018861888
Valve GearStephensonStephensonStephensonStephensonStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase 8.50' 8.50' 9.09' 8.50' 8.50'
Engine Wheelbase23.10'24'24.04'23.10'23.10'
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheebase 0.37 0.35 0.38 0.37 0.37
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender)45.50'51.01'46.48'48.54'48.54'
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle)
Weight on Drivers62500 lbs73600 lbs69900 lbs55000 lbs62000 lbs
Engine Weight100500 lbs117300 lbs108600 lbs85300 lbs96000 lbs
Tender Light Weight71000 lbs89100 lbs89100 lbs68000 lbs86350 lbs
Total Engine and Tender Weight171500 lbs206400 lbs197700 lbs153300 lbs182350 lbs
Tender Water Capacity3500 gals5000 gals4000 gals3000 gals4000 gals
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal)8 tons tons11 tons8 tons7 tons
Minimum weight per yard of rail on which locomotive could run52 lb rail61 lb rail58 lb rail46 lb rail52 lb rail
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter63"60"68"63"63"
Boiler Pressure160 psi170 psi155 psi145 psi155 psi
Cylinders (dia x stroke)17" x 24"17" x 24"19" x 24"17" x 24"17" x 24"
Tractive Effort14973 lbs16704 lbs16787 lbs13569 lbs14505 lbs
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.17 4.41 4.16 4.05 4.27
Heating Ability
Firebox Area126 sq. ft141 sq. ft135.40 sq. ft111.75 sq. ft113.50 sq. ft
Grate Area16.43 sq. ft20.50 sq. ft17 sq. ft17 sq. ft20.90 sq. ft
Evaporative Heating Surface13891773174510621415
Superheating Surface
Combined Heating Surface13891773174510621415
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume220.30281.21221.56168.44224.42
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation26293485263524653240
Same as above plus superheater percentage26293485263524653240
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area2016023970209871620417593
Power L153806681540239145117
Power MT379.55400.25340.75313.78363.90

Credits

Introduction and specifications provided by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media.