Locobase isn't certain about the original owners of this septet of Consolidations, but they appear to have started out with the Midland Terminal Railway when that line was built in 1893-1894 to connect the larger Colorado Midland Railroad to Cripple Creek. (The line actually ran from Divide through Midland and Gillette to Cripple Creek.)
By the mid-19 teens, the MT had concluded a lease with the recently reformulated Cripple Creek & Colorado Springs Railroad, which published the data shown in the specs. The CC&CS pulled together several folded lines such as the Golden Circle, itself a successor to the failed narrow-gauge Florence & Cripple Creek (F & CC), and the standard-gauge Colorado Southern & Cripple Creek Division electric railway which covered all of 6 1/4 miles. (The C & S had leased the CS & CCD to the F & CC in 1915.)
Anyway, the CS & CCD went bankrupt in 1919 while the Midland Terminal operated until 1949.
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Class | 29 |
| Locobase ID | 7698 |
| Railroad | Midland Terminal |
| Whyte | 2-8-0 |
| Road Numbers | 241-247 |
| Gauge | Std |
| Builder | Schenectady |
| Year | 1896 |
| Valve Gear | Stephenson |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase | 14.33' |
| Engine Wheelbase | 22.25' |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheebase | 0.64 |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) | 58.04' |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) | 33775 lbs |
| Weight on Drivers | 134000 lbs |
| Engine Weight | 150500 lbs |
| Tender Light Weight | 93400 lbs |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight | 243900 lbs |
| Tender Water Capacity | 4000 gals |
| Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) | 10 tons |
| Minimum weight per yard of rail on which locomotive could run | 55.83 lb rail |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter | 51" |
| Boiler Pressure | 180 psi |
| Cylinders (dia x stroke) | 21" x 26" |
| Tractive Effort | 34398 lbs |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 3.90 |
| Heating Ability | |
| Firebox Area | 162.30 sq. ft |
| Grate Area | 31.70 sq. ft |
| Evaporative Heating Surface | 2125 |
| Superheating Surface | |
| Combined Heating Surface | 2125 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 203.88 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 5706 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 5706 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 29214 |
| Power L1 | 4310.56 |
| Power MT | 283.68 |
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