Chicago Great Western / Chicago, St. Paul, & Kansas City 2-6-0 "Mogul" Type Locomotives

Apparently Mr. Tracy Lyon, Master Mechanic of the CGW, wanted to compare compound to simple locomotives. He bought one of each, of which this entry is the compound. Since very few other CGW engines were either Moguls or compounds, it seems likely that Lyon found neither very satisfactory.

Railroad Gazette (23 Sep 1898). B Rumary's summary of Richmond production, supplied by Allen Stanley in March 2004, shows this to have been works #2715. It was later rebuilt as a simple-expansion locomotive with 19"x28" cylinders.

Class D1 (Locobase 4160)

See http://www.geocities.com/zvwrr/chicago_great_western_steam.html for the original 1917 railroad diagrams.

Class D2 (Locobase 4161)

See http://www.geocities.com/zvwrr/chicago_great_western_steam.html for the original 1917 railroad diagrams.

The order, which appears to have been a repeat of the Rhode Island D1 design, came in two batches. According to a compilation of Cooke locomotives by B.Rumary (25 Kingscombe, Gurney Slade, Radstock, BA3 4TH, ENGLAND) and supplied to Locobase by Allen Stanley in March 2004, works numbers were 1920-1931 (August 1888) and 1932-1938 (October 1888). The second batch began arriving in 1891. 2130 (September 1891) arrived as road #123. 2131-2142 (October 1891), 2143-2149 (November 1891), and 2150-2154 (December 1891) fleshed out the Mogul stud as 124-147.

Almost immediately after the 1891 deliveries, the C, St P & KC was merged with the Chicgo Great Western in 1892

Some D2s had 19" cylinders; in 1917 these were 101,104,118, 125-127, 130, & 143.

Class D3 (Locobase 6119)

Data from 1943 CGW diagram book supplied by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection in March 2004.

It seems rather late in the day for the CGW to have been buying saturated-steam Moguls, but it appears that a subsidiary -- St P, B & T -- was the purchaser. The firebox heating surface included 14 sq ft of arch tubes. All but one (14) was superheated in the late 1920s; see Locobase 6120.

Class D3s (Locobase 6120)

Data from 1943 CGW diagram book supplied by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection in March 2004.

When the CGW superheated the D3 Moguls, the designer somehow retained a surprising amount of heating surface when most such transformations resulted in a net loss of EHS.

Class D4 (Locobase 3280)

As noted in the compound entry, Mr. Tracy Lyon, Master Mechanic of the CGW bought one compound Mogul and one simple Mogul. B Rumary's summary of Richmond production, supplied by Allen Stanley in March 2004, shows this to have been works #2714.

Railroad Gazette (23 Sep 1898) observes that the design is perhaps "very much 'over-cylindered'" but contends that new pneumatic sanders will allow the engines to take advantage of all that power. The tonnage specification called for a trailing load of 890 tons at any speed and any grade up to 1%. Steeper grades would be conquered with liberal use of the sander. Mr Lyon reported to the RG a 31 August 1898 performance in which the simple-expansion engine moved 900 tons up a 5-mile-long 1% ascent without working to its maximum. Rail conditions were good although the drivers slipped on the curves.

Given that very few other locomotives offered this much tractive effort at this weight and that CGW had few compounds or Moguls, this experiment must ultimately have been unsatisfying.

Specifications
ClassD1D2D3D3sD4
Locobase ID327941604161611961203280
RailroadChicago Great Western (CGW)Chicago Great Western (CGW)Chicago, St. Paul, & Kansas City (CGW)Chicago Great Western (CGW)Chicago Great Western (CGW)Chicago Great Western (CGW)
Whyte2-6-02-6-02-6-02-6-02-6-02-6-0
Road Numbers106, 10787-105, 123-14712-1612-13, 15-16150
GaugeStdStdStdStdStdStd
BuilderRichmondRhode IslandCookeAlcoAlcoRichmond
Year189818881888191419281898
Valve GearStephensonStephensonStephensonStephensonBakerStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase15'15.25'15.25'11'11'15'
Engine Wheelbase23.09'22.75'22.75'20.33'20.33'23.09'
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheebase 0.65 0.67 0.67 0.54 0.54 0.65
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender)48'48'45.20'59.36'59.36'48'
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle)
Weight on Drivers100000 lbs87000 lbs87000 lbs142000 lbs142000 lbs100000 lbs
Engine Weight120000 lbs102000 lbs102000 lbs154000 lbs154000 lbs120000 lbs
Tender Light Weight74000 lbs73350 lbs73350 lbs112000 lbs112000 lbs74000 lbs
Total Engine and Tender Weight194000 lbs175350 lbs175350 lbs266000 lbs266000 lbs194000 lbs
Tender Water Capacity5000 gals3000 gals3000 gals8000 gals8000 gals5000 gals
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal)8 tons8 tons13 tons13 tons10 tons
Minimum weight per yard of rail on which locomotive could run56 lb rail48 lb rail48.33 lb rail79 lb rail79 lb rail56 lb rail
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter60"55"55"51"51"60"
Boiler Pressure200 psi145 psi145 psi180 psi180 psi200 psi
Cylinders (dia x stroke)21" x 28" (1)18" x 24"18" x 24"21" x 26"21" x 26"19" x 28"
Low Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke)33" x 28"" x "" x "" x "" x "" x "
Tractive Effort24902 lbs17425 lbs17425 lbs34398 lbs34398 lbs28639 lbs
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.02 4.99 4.99 4.13 4.13 3.49
Heating Ability
Firebox Area153.56 sq. ft136.31 sq. ft130.94 sq. ft134 sq. ft134 sq. ft153.56 sq. ft
Grate Area28 sq. ft18.40 sq. ft18.40 sq. ft28.10 sq. ft28.10 sq. ft28 sq. ft
Evaporative Heating Surface183812371155189217191838
Superheating Surface403
Combined Heating Surface183812371155189221221838
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume327.49175.00163.40181.52164.93200.03
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation560026682668505850585600
Same as above plus superheater percentage560026682668505860195600
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area307121976518986.30241202870330712
Power L1376036083402.93376188315672
Power MT248.68274.29258.70175.17411.32375.14

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