Class 221 / E-46 (Locobase 7141)

Data from the C&EI 6 - 1904 Locomotive Diagram book and C&EI 10 - 1912 Locomotive Data book supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection. Works 7814, 7819 (February 1886), 8975-8976 (December 1887)

A note in the 1912 Data book says that these Consolidations were bought from the C & IC and that they had Wooten (sic) fireboxes.

Baldwin supplied them in 2 batches of 2 in 1886 and 1887 at the same time they were delivering very similar locomotives in the Ten-wheeler (4-6-0) wheel arrangement (Locobase 7140). The second batch had an ever-so-slightly smaller grate (29 sq ft vs 29.3 sq ft) that was an inch narrower than those of the first pair.

The C & IC was merged with the Chicago & Eastern Illinois by 1894.

The locomotives met different fates. 816 was scrapped by the C & EI in 1924. 817-819 were sold in 1922 to the Chicago, Indianapolis, & Western as 503-504; the latter had already been converted to an 0-8-0 switcher. 504 was scrapped by the C I & W in 1924.

Upon the absorption of the latter by the B & O, 503 was grouped in the E-46 class designation with road number 441, but never actually served in the big railroad before being scrapped in July 1927.

Class 800 / 101 (Locobase 7129)

Data from the C&EI 6 - 1904 Locomotive Diagram book supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection.

Two batches of Consolidations supplied in two different years to two different railroads. 111-116 were delivered in 1889 to the Duluth and Iron Range and bought by the C & EI in 1897. 101-110 came directly to the C & EI in 1891.

By 1904, the year of the book from which the specs were taken, some locomotives had increased cylinder diameters of 20". Those that still had 19" cylinders (22,093 lb tractive effort) were 102, 105, 109, 111-112, and 115.

Class H-2 (Locobase 7163)

Data from the C&EI 11 - 1911 Locomotive Diagram book supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection.

These Consolidations were delivered with 12" piston valves and constituted a relatively large class of drag-freight engines.

Class H-3 (Locobase 7165)

Data from the C&EI 11 - 1911 Locomotive Diagram book supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection.

Class H-3 (Locobase 7164)

Data from the C&EI 11 - 1911 Locomotive Diagram book supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection. Works numbers 23159, 23185, 23261 in November 1903.

As part of the dowry conveyed by the E & TH when it came under the Chicago & Eastern Illinois' control, these Consolidations brought some effective freight power. A picture of the design -- available in Evansville, Indiana's Willard Library photo collection -- http://www.willard.lib.in.us/photos/card628.html (accessed 25 Nov 2005) -- shows slide valves, inside Stephenson link motion, and high-pitched boiler.

Class H-4 (Locobase 7135)

Data from the C&EI 6 - 1904 Locomotive Diagram book supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection.

Using the same firebox and cylinder layout as the Rhode Island Ten-wheelers, these compound Consolidations had much larger boilers stuffed with more tubes of a smaller diameter. Indeed, the boiler attained such girth that the profile now looked bloated. Also, the firebox was quite wide, measuring 75 3/8", and rode well above the rear two axles.

Class H-4 (Locobase 7136)

Data from the C&EI 6 - 1904 Locomotive Diagram book supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection.

Although follow-ons to the 175s supplied a year earlier (Locobase 7135), this later batch had fewer, larger-diameter tubes.

Class H-4 - superheated (Locobase 7171)

Data from the C&EI 5 - 1949 Locomotive Diagram book supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection.

As noted in Locobase 7170, remaking a saturated-steam locomotive into a superheated one might be taken to one of several levels. The C & EI did more than the minimum, but apparently kept an eye on cost and didn't change components that would work well enough. For example, many makeovers swapped out the Stephenson link motion for one of the outside radial gears. In this case, freight service didn't make the kinds of demands that might have required that, so the link motion stayed. Slide valves were replaced by 12" piston valves, however, and the driver diameter grew by an inch. The boiler was tight, so installing 26 flues meant removing dozens of small tubes for a net loss of evaporative heating surface. Locobase suspects that the increase in firebox heating surface represents the installation of 28 sq ft of arch tubes.

Class H-5 (Locobase 7142)

Data from the C&EI 6 - 1904 Locomotive Diagram book supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection.

These Consolidations were relatively large for their time, but the C & EI settled on a somewhat smaller design from Baldwin and built the latter in large numbers. One significant difference between the two was the 869's small and quite shallow firebox that contributed little to overall heating surface.

Class H-6 (Locobase 7166)

Data from the C&EI 11 - 1911 Locomotive Diagram book supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection. Works numbers were 29426, 29451-29452, 29537-29538, 29567 in November 1906.

These were delivered to the E & TH at the same time Baldwin was supplying identical engines to the Chicago & Eastern Illinois. Although similar in power to the H-3s that Baldwin delivered in 1903, these engines had fewer boiler tubes of a greater diameter and a significantly larger grate. None of this class was ever superheated.

Class H-6 (Locobase 7167)

Data from the C&EI 11 - 1911 Locomotive Diagram book supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection. Works numbers were

1904

December 24877, 24893-24895, 24902-24903, 24917-24918

1905

September 26467-26468, 26480, 26489, 26503-26504, 26514-26515; October 26520, 26545-26547, 26560, 26563, 26596, 26628, 26655, 26662

1906

April 27961-27962, 28003-28007, 28022, 28031 May 28058-28061, 28074-28075, 28093-28094, 28102-28103, 28132, 28155, 28183-28184, 28216-28217; June 28290-28292; September 29034-29035, 29060-29061, 29112, 29134, 2914; October 29177-29179, 29191, 29320; November 29381-29382, 29388, 29414-29415, 29428, 29524, 29536, 29554-29555, 29568-29570, 29592-29593, 29600, 29602; December 29638

A large class of Consolidations delivered by Baldwin over three years. Beginning with the second year's batch -- 887-904 -- the class had larger tenders that weighed 52,300 lb empty, 142,800 lb loaded and carried 7,500 US gallons of water and 14 short tons of coal.