Among the very first articulateds to run on the Union Pacific system were these Mallet Consoldiations.
As the question of quite how to superheat saturated steam was not quite settled, Baldwin experimented with a feedwater heater inserted in the forward part of the long boiler barrel. Saturated steam coming through the dry pipe fed the HP cylinders. The exhausted steam then traveled through a large flue nested in the feedwater heater bungle and thence to the LP cylinders. In this way, the steam was reheated with the hope of givng a little extra power to the lower-pressure steam .
Although the feedwater bundle's heating surface amounted to 1,222 sq ft, it cannot be properly described as a superheater. See the San Diego Railroad Museum's reproduction of a detailed description of the locomotive builder's proprietary design. http://www.sdrm.org/faqs/boilers/page65.html, accessed 12 March 2006. Baldwin's superheater design differed from those of Schmidt and even Pielock by residing entirely in the smokebox. Two curved bundles of tubes took the steam from a T-head and circulated through the elements, finally letting into the steam passages at the bottom. The design wasn't a big success, its superheating ability being inevitably limited.
Three went to the UP itself and three to the Oregon Short Line. They were relatively short lived, all being withdrawn in 1928.
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Class | MC-1 |
| Locobase ID | 7483 |
| Railroad | Union Pacific (UP) |
| Whyte | 2-8-8-2 |
| Road Numbers | 2000-2002 / 3600-02, 3800 |
| Gauge | Std |
| Builder | Baldwin |
| Year | 1909 |
| Valve Gear | Walschaert |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase | 15.50' |
| Engine Wheelbase | 50.50' |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheebase | 0.31 |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) | 87.04' |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) | 50475 lbs |
| Weight on Drivers | 394150 lbs |
| Engine Weight | 425900 lbs |
| Tender Light Weight | 157200 lbs |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight | 583100 lbs |
| Tender Water Capacity | 9000 gals |
| Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) | 10 tons |
| Minimum weight per yard of rail on which locomotive could run | 82 lb rail |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter | 57" |
| Boiler Pressure | 200 psi |
| Cylinders (dia x stroke) | 26" x 30" |
| Low Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) | 40" x 30" |
| Tractive Effort | 85039 lbs |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 4.63 |
| Heating Ability | |
| Firebox Area | 232 sq. ft |
| Grate Area | 68.40 sq. ft |
| Evaporative Heating Surface | 6395 |
| Superheating Surface | 655 |
| Combined Heating Surface | 7050 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 346.89 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 13680 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 14911 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 50576 |
| Power L1 | 5857 |
| Power MT | 262.08 |
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