Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 2-8-8-2 "Chesapeake" Type Locomotives

Class T-3 (Locobase 5476)

Data from locomotive diagram published on Vernon Beck's website -- http://home.earthlink.net/~vnlbeck/T/T3t.tif (accessed 22 March 2003). Firebox heating surface included 109.3 sq ft of combustion chamber area.

Drury (1993) doesn't say much about this lone Consolidation Mallet, just that it was used for hump work at Galesburg and was later converted to oil-burning and transferred to Alliance, Nebraska from which it was retired in 1934.

Specifications
ClassT-3
Locobase ID5476
RailroadChicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q)
Whyte2-8-8-2
Road Numbers4200
GaugeStd
BuilderBaldwin
Year1911
Valve GearWalschaert
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase15'
Engine Wheelbase58.20'
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheebase 0.26
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender)83'
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle)52400 lbs
Weight on Drivers399900 lbs
Engine Weight441400 lbs
Tender Light Weight212700 lbs
Total Engine and Tender Weight654100 lbs
Tender Water Capacity12000 gals
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal)4365 gals
Minimum weight per yard of rail on which locomotive could run83.31 lb rail
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter56"
Boiler Pressure200 psi
Cylinders (dia x stroke)26" x 32"
Low Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke)40" x 32"
Tractive Effort92328 lbs
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.33
Heating Ability
Firebox Area363 sq. ft
Grate Area84 sq. ft
Evaporative Heating Surface5283
Superheating Surface
Combined Heating Surface5283
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume268.66
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation16800
Same as above plus superheater percentage16800
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area72600
Power L12846.80
Power MT125.55

Credits

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