Chihuahua & Pacific / Canadian Pacific 4-4-0 "American" Type Locomotives

Class 1 (Locobase 2889)

Data from 1899 Brooks Catalogue.

Builder info from B.Rumary, 25 Kingscombe, Gurney Slade, Radstock, BA3 4TH, ENGLAND and Jeremy Lambert as supplied by Allen Stanley in March 2004.

Works #2976.

Fuel for this locomotive was either oak or mesquite wood.

Class A1 (Locobase 6553)

Data from 1947 CP Locomotive Diagram book supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection.

This class came out of the CP shops in September 1887 and in its original form may have looked like the locomotive described in Locobase 9065 (which see). This data shows the superheater that was added sometime after 1910.

Class A1 (Locobase 9065)

Data from Transactions of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers By Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, v.3-4 (1889-90), the January 3, 1889 session.

As part of the CSCE President Samuel Keefer's address, he included information from Mr Brown, Mechanical Superintendent of the CPR about the standard passenger engine used by the CP east of the Rockies. Locobase suspects that this is the A1, but cannot be certain as there is no class or road number ID available nor did the A1 as superheated (Locobase 6553) use the unusual bore & stroke combination of 19" x 22"

Class A2 (Locobase 4484)

Data from 1947 CP Locomotive Diagram book supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection.

Locobase hasn't pinned down when these small Eight-wheelers were procured, but it's clear that the A1s (Locobase 6553) and A2s were identical except for driver diameter. This group must have run local mixed trains on a relatively slow schedule. Also, this data shows the superheater that was added sometime after 1910.

Class SA (Locobase 1103)

First locomotive built by the Canadian Pacific Railroad. Some data supplied by Bill Hallett for Bryan Attewell (http://www.washingtonimaging.co.uk/index.html)'s Steam locomotive simulator (April 2000).

Specifications
Class1A1A1A2SA
Locobase ID28896553906544841103
RailroadChihuahua & PacificCanadian PacificCanadian PacificCanadian PacificCanadian Pacific
Whyte4-4-04-4-04-4-04-4-04-4-0
Road Numbers129-30285
GaugeStdStdStdStdStd
BuilderBrooksCanadian PacificCanadian PacificCanadian Pacific
Year1898188718871883
Valve GearStephensonStephensonStephensonStephensonStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase8' 8.50' 8.75' 8.50'
Engine Wheelbase22.75'22.96'23.54'22.96'
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheebase 0.35 0.37 0.37 0.37
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender)48.50'47.93'47.93'47.93'
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle)
Weight on Drivers68500 lbs71000 lbs66500 lbs71000 lbs56000 lbs
Engine Weight105500 lbs115000 lbs99000 lbs115000 lbs
Tender Light Weight80000 lbs105000 lbs105000 lbs
Total Engine and Tender Weight185500 lbs220000 lbs204000 lbs220000 lbs0
Tender Water Capacity4000 gals4800 gals3360 gals4800 gals2800 gals
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal)8 tons10 tons11 tons10 tons10 tons
Minimum weight per yard of rail on which locomotive could run57 lb rail59 lb rail55 lb rail59 lb rail47 lb rail
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter62"70"69"63"62"
Boiler Pressure180 psi160 psi160 psi160 psi150 psi
Cylinders (dia x stroke)18" x 24"17" x 24"19" x 22"17" x 24"17" x 24"
Tractive Effort19189 lbs13476 lbs15654 lbs14973 lbs14264 lbs
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 3.57 5.27 4.25 4.74 3.93
Heating Ability
Firebox Area134 sq. ft125 sq. ft134.30 sq. ft125 sq. ft
Grate Area21.80 sq. ft17.40 sq. ft18.40 sq. ft17.40 sq. ft17.30 sq. ft
Evaporative Heating Surface149095113699511245
Superheating Surface215215
Combined Heating Surface14901166136911661245
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume210.79150.83189.63150.83197.46
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation39242784294427842595
Same as above plus superheater percentage39243341294433412595
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area241202400021488240000
Power L1568410395520193550
Power MT365.87645.55344.85580.960

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Credits

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