New York, New Haven & Hartford Mikados

In 1916, the New York, New Haven & Hartford received two groups of “Mikados” from the American Locomotive Company. The first group consisted of 25 locomotives that were designated as Class J-1 and assigned road numbers 3000-3024. These locomotives had 63” drivers, 25” x 30”cylinders, a 180 psi boiler pressure and they exerted 45,535 pounds of tractive effort. The last two, numbers 3023-3024, were built with McClellon boilers and water tube fireboxes. The Class J-1s were built with a maximum height of 13’-9” unusually low for a main line locomotive, but were built to go under the bridges on the Dorchester Branch.

The second group delivered in 1916, consisted of five 2-8-2 locomotives of a more normal size. This group was designated as Class J-2 and was given road numbers 3100-3104. They had 63” drivers, 26” x 32” cylinders, a 200 psi boiler pressure and they exerted 58,372 pounds of tractive effort. These locomotives were built without a mechanical stoker and the fireman could not shovel enough coal for these locomotives to be used for mail line service, so they were assigned to yard duty or used as helpers.

In 1923, when the Central New England was absorbed by the NYNH&H three more Class J-2 were added to the roster. They were built in 1916 and were identical to numbers 3100-3104.

There are no surviving NYNH&H 2-8-2 “Mikado” type locomotives.

NYNH&H 2-8-2 Roster
ClassQty.Road NumbersYear BuiltBuilderNotes
J-1253000-30241916ALCO1
J-2 83100-31071916ALCO2

Notes
  1. Numbers 3023 and 3024 were built with water tube fireboxes.
  2. Numbers 3105-3107 came to the NYNH&H roster in 1927. They were CNE numbers 180-182.

Specifications
Road Numbers:3000-30223023-30243100-3107
Wheel Arrangement:2-8-22-8-22-8-2
Length:
Drivers:63” dia.63” dia.63” dia.
Weight on Drivers:
Total Locomotive Weight:251,750 lbs.258,000 lbs.309,600 lbs.
Locomotive & Tender Weight:
Grate Area:53.2 sq. ft.49.8 sq. ft.59.2 sq. ft.
Cylinders (dia. x stroke):(2) 25” x 30”(2) 25” x 30” (2) 26” x 32 “
Boiler Pressure:180 psi180 psi200 psi
Tractive Effort:45,535 lbs.45,535 lbs.58,372 lbs.
Tender Capacity:
Water:
Coal:

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Much thanks to Richard Duley who has helped to provide a great deal of the information found on this page.
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