Chicago & West Michigan / Lake Erie & Detroit River / Flint & Pere Marquette / Detroit, Grand Rapids & Western / Pere Marquette / Saginaw, Tuscola & Huron 4-4-0 "American" Type Locomotives

Class E1 (Locobase 9251)

Data from PM 3 1929 Locomotive Diagrams supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection. Roster information developed by Art Million and Tom Dixon and presented on the Pere Marquette Historical Society website (http://www.pmhistsoc.org/stmrostr.shtml, accessed 1 March 2008).

This was the higher-drivered variant of the Schenectady designs of which 2 were delivered with 67" drivers (Locobase 9250). For some reason, the wheelbase of this design was shorter by quite a bit.

The Chicago & West Michigan began as the Paw Paw in 1867 when it first joined Lawton, Mich to Paw Paw. Within a year, the Paw Paw had been united with 14 other roads as the C & WM and ran from Bay View to New Buffalo along the shore of Lake Michigan. In 1900, it was merged with the Flint & Pere Marquett and the Detroit, Grand Rapids & Western as the Pere Marquette.

Class E1 (Locobase 9250)

Data from PM 3 1929 Locomotive Diagrams supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection. Roster information developed by Art Million and Tom Dixon and presented on the Pere Marquette Historical Society website (http://www.pmhistsoc.org/stmrostr.shtml, accessed 1 March 2008).

Schenectady delivered a few of these Eight-wheelers to the D GR & W in the last few years of the 19th-Century. This pair rolled on 67" drivers; see Locobase 9251 for the 69" driver locomotive.

Begun in 1870 as the Ionia & Lansing Rail Road Company, this line was renamed Detroit, Lansing & Northern. By 1896, the railroad had reorganized as the D GR & W. Four years later it was joined the Flint & Pere Marquette and the Chicago & West Michigan to form the Pere Marquette.

Class E2 (Locobase 9252)

Data from PM 3 1929 Locomotive Diagrams supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection. Roster information developed by Art Million and Tom Dixon and presented on the Pere Marquette Historical Society website (http://www.pmhistsoc.org/stmrostr.shtml, accessed 1 March 2008) does not show any such pair of locomotives ...but the diagram shows that the engines were Schenectady's works #4128-4129 in 1893.

Class E3 (Locobase 9254)

Data from PM 3 1929 Locomotive Diagrams supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection. Roster information developed by Art Million and Tom Dixon and presented on the Pere Marquette Historical Society website (http://www.pmhistsoc.org/stmrostr.shtml, accessed 1 March 2008).

Homebuilt by the railroad, these were light and slippery Eight-wheelers. Million and Dixon report that these locomotives were delivered to the D GR & W by Manchester.

Class E3 (Locobase 9253)

Data from PM 3 1929 Locomotive Diagrams supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection. Roster information developed by Art Million and Tom Dixon and presented on the Pere Marquette Historical Society website (http://www.pmhistsoc.org/stmrostr.shtml, accessed 1 March 2008).

This small Eight-wheeler was a locally manufactured pair (PM's works #112, 114) that were small and relatively low-powered. Perhaps they needed to restrict their efforts to lightly loaded axles. (Note: Million and Dixon show these engines as having been delivered by Manchester Locomotive Works to the Chicago & West Michigan.)

Class E5 (Locobase 9256)

Data from PM 3 1929 Locomotive Diagrams supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection. Roster information developed by Art Million and Tom Dixon and presented on the Pere Marquette Historical Society website (http://www.pmhistsoc.org/stmrostr.shtml, accessed 1 March 2008).

Locobase doesn't know how many engines Manchester originally delivered to the C & WM. By 1900, when the line was merged with others to make up the Pere Marquette, the PM took 5 into its variegated stud of Eight-wheelers.

Class E5 (Locobase 9257)

Data from PM 3 1929 Locomotive Diagrams supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection. Roster information developed by Art Million and Tom Dixon and presented on the Pere Marquette Historical Society website (http://www.pmhistsoc.org/stmrostr.shtml, accessed 1 March 2008).

A year after the C & WM took delivery of the Manchester batch described in Locobase 9256, it received these more-freight-oriented Eight-wheelers from Rhode Island. The boiler was smaller while the grate stayed the same. Driver diameter shrank by 4".

Class E5 (Locobase 9258)

Data from PM 3 1929 Locomotive Diagrams supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection. Roster information developed by Art Million and Tom Dixon and presented on the Pere Marquette Historical Society website (http://www.pmhistsoc.org/stmrostr.shtml, accessed 1 March 2008).

A year after the C & WM took delivery of the Manchester batch described in Locobase 9256, it received these more-freight-oriented Eight-wheelers from Rhode Island. The boiler was smaller while the grate stayed the same. Driver diameter shrank by 4".

Class E5 (Locobase 9260)

Data from PM 3 1929 Locomotive Diagrams supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection. Roster information developed by Art Million and Tom Dixon and presented on the Pere Marquette Historical Society website (http://www.pmhistsoc.org/stmrostr.shtml, accessed 1 March 2008).

Like many of the locomotives that rode the rails of the Pere Marquette's predecessor roads, this sextet differed from the others only in details. The boilers were about the same size as were the grates and the power dimensions varied even less. Very typical Eight-wheelers of the time.

Class E5 (Locobase 9259)

Data from PM 3 1929 Locomotive Diagrams supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection. Roster information developed by Art Million and Tom Dixon and presented on the Pere Marquette Historical Society website (http://www.pmhistsoc.org/stmrostr.shtml, accessed 1 March 2008).

The F & PM was, as would seem likely, a predecessor to the Pere Marquette. At the time of the purchase of this locomotive, traffic demands could not have been very great as this was a small locomotive with the typical power dimensions of the time.

Class E5 (Locobase 9255)

Data from PM 3 1929 Locomotive Diagrams supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection. Roster information developed by Art Million and Tom Dixon and presented on the Pere Marquette Historical Society website (http://www.pmhistsoc.org/stmrostr.shtml, accessed 1 March 2008).

The S T & H ran from Saginaw northeasterly to Sebewaing, thence to Bay Port in Huron County and eastward to Bad Axe. It was absorbed by the Pere Marquette in February 1900. The engine shown here was of a piece with most other pre-PM Eight-wheelers, although this one was older, smaller, and run at a lower pressure.

Class E6 (Locobase 9289)

Data from PM 3 1929 Locomotive Diagrams supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection. Roster information from the CLC list compiled by Connelly and supplied by Allen Stanley.

Works numbers for the Kingston Brothers Locomotive Works (predecessor of the CLC) ran 400-402. In 1902, the LE & DR (itself an 1891 reorganization of the Lake Erie, Essex & Detroit River Railway) agreed to be leased for 21 years by the Canadian arm of the Pere Marquette. A year later, the railway was in fact absorbed into the PM.

Specifications
ClassE1E1E2E3E3E5E5E5E5E5E5E6
Locobase ID925192509252925492539256925792589260925992559289
RailroadChicago & West Michigan (PM)Detroit, Grand Rapids & Western (PM)Pere Marquette (PM)Detroit, Grand Rapids & Western (PM)Pere Marquette (PM)Chicago & West Michigan (PM)Chicago & West Michigan (PM)Chicago & West Michigan (PM)Detroit, Grand Rapids & Western (PM)Flint & Pere Marquette (PM)Saginaw, Tuscola & Huron (PM)Lake Erie & Detroit River (PM)
Whyte4-4-04-4-04-4-04-4-04-4-04-4-04-4-04-4-04-4-04-4-04-4-04-4-0
Road Numbers42-35-629-3027-2841-44, 4647-5152-5458-61, 67-6855314-6 / 15-17 / 801-804
GaugeStdStdStdStdStdStdStdStdStdStdStdStd
BuilderSchenectadySchenectadySchenectadyDGR&WPMRRManchesterRhode IslandRhode IslandManchesterSchenectadyRhode IslandCanadian Locomotive Co
Year189718971893189919001890189118911883188818851892
Valve GearStephensonStephensonStephensonStephensonStephensonStephensonStephensonStephensonStephensonStephensonStephensonStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase 8.58'9'9' 8.58' 8.58' 8.50' 8.58' 8.58' 8.58' 8.25' 8.58'9'
Engine Wheelbase21.08'24'24'23.17'23.08'23.08'22.92'22.58'23.25'22.58'23.42'23.92'
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheebase 0.41 0.38 0.38 0.37 0.37 0.37 0.37 0.38 0.37 0.37 0.37 0.38
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender)43.83'44.92'44.92'44.75'44.58'45.75'44.67'44.58'44.75'44.17'44.67'47'
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle)
Weight on Drivers68200 lbs68200 lbs60300 lbs59200 lbs59200 lbs58400 lbs58200 lbs57000 lbs55900 lbs51500 lbs60600 lbs54900 lbs
Engine Weight105200 lbs105500 lbs96000 lbs100000 lbs99200 lbs91900 lbs90900 lbs91000 lbs89100 lbs87300 lbs96200 lbs86300 lbs
Tender Light Weight79000 lbs79800 lbs73900 lbs81500 lbs77400 lbs74900 lbs73500 lbs73700 lbs76800 lbs70400 lbs68800 lbs61000 lbs
Total Engine and Tender Weight184200 lbs185300 lbs169900 lbs181500 lbs176600 lbs166800 lbs164400 lbs164700 lbs165900 lbs157700 lbs165000 lbs147300 lbs
Tender Water Capacity4000 gals4000 gals3300 gals3900 gals3900 gals3300 gals3500 gals3000 gals3300 gals2900 gals3000 gals2500 gals
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal)10 tons10 tons9 tons10 tons10 tons9 tons9 tons7 tons8 tons6.5 tons7 tons7 tons
Minimum weight per yard of rail on which locomotive could run57 lb rail57 lb rail50 lb rail49 lb rail49 lb rail49 lb rail49 lb rail48 lb rail47 lb rail43 lb rail51 lb rail46 lb rail
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter69"67"67"67"67"67"63"67"67"69"67"67"
Boiler Pressure180 psi180 psi160 psi180 psi180 psi150 psi150 psi140 psi150 psi150 psi150 psi140 psi
Cylinders (dia x stroke)18" x 24"18" x 24"18" x 24"17" x 24"17" x 24"17" x 24"17" x 24"17" x 24"17" x 24"17" x 24"17" x 24"17" x 24"
Tractive Effort17242 lbs17757 lbs15784 lbs15839 lbs15839 lbs13199 lbs14037 lbs12319 lbs13199 lbs12817 lbs13199 lbs12319 lbs
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 3.96 3.84 3.82 3.74 3.74 4.42 4.15 4.63 4.24 4.02 4.59 4.46
Heating Ability
Firebox Area159 sq. ft158 sq. ft144 sq. ft145 sq. ft133 sq. ft142 sq. ft126 sq. ft135 sq. ft142 sq. ft117 sq. ft114 sq. ft
Grate Area17.70 sq. ft17.70 sq. ft18.50 sq. ft17.10 sq. ft17.50 sq. ft17.50 sq. ft17.50 sq. ft17.20 sq. ft17.40 sq. ft14.90 sq. ft17 sq. ft15 sq. ft
Evaporative Heating Surface169016891551148514731351128813151304125512551190
Superheating Surface
Combined Heating Surface169016891551148514731351128813151304125512551190
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume239.09238.94219.42235.53233.62214.27204.28208.56206.82199.05199.05188.74
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation318631862960307831502625262524082610223525502100
Same as above plus superheater percentage318631862960307831502625262524082610223525502100
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area28620284402304026100239402130018900189002130017550171000
Power L1727770495740704568165475479149345350503448480
Power MT470.47455.73419.72524.71507.66413.37362.97381.67421.99430.99352.740

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