Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 2-4-2 "Columbian" Type Locomotives

Class N-1 (Locobase 423)

Relatively small, high-pitched boiler on a bar frame; 10" piston valves worked by inside Stephenson link. One of few engines of this wheel arrangement to enter service.

Corbin & Kerka (1960, 84) in which they note that boiler was rebuilt in 1897 to eliminate the combustion chamber, which had not functioned as planned. It was later rebuilt as a 4-4-2 Atlantic; see Locobase 5453.

See also Engineering News December 1895 extract from http://www.railroadextra.com/lococol.htm, from which information about the tube number and length as well as other data was taken. In addition, the article tells us the combustion chamber contributed 36.79 sq ft to the total heating surface.

Specifications
ClassN-1
Locobase ID423
RailroadChicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q)
Whyte2-4-2
Road Numbers590
GaugeStd
BuilderBurnham, Williams & Co
Year1895
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase 7.50'
Engine Wheelbase24.25'
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheebase 0.31
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender)50.94'
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle)46000 lbs
Weight on Drivers86200 lbs
Engine Weight138000 lbs
Tender Light Weight90000 lbs
Total Engine and Tender Weight228000 lbs
Tender Water Capacity4000 gals
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal)6.7 tons
Minimum weight per yard of rail on which locomotive could run72 lb rail
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter84.50"
Boiler Pressure200 psi
Cylinders (dia x stroke)19" x 26"
Tractive Effort18883 lbs
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.56
Heating Ability
Firebox Area150.61 sq. ft
Grate Area44.47 sq. ft
Evaporative Heating Surface1580
Superheating Surface
Combined Heating Surface1580
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume185.18
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation8894
Same as above plus superheater percentage8894
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area30122
Power L17702
Power MT393.97

Credits

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