Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha / Chicago & North Western 4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler" Type Locomotives

Class Columbus / S-7 (Locobase 9135)

Data from M Grille, Les Chemins de Fer de L'Exposition de Chicago (Paris: E Bernard et Cie, 1894), pp. 24-27.

Locobase is puzzled by this Exposition display. It's a Ten-wheeler like a lot of North Western engines of the time, but it doesn't quite fit the mold. The firebox remains a narrow, deep furnace, but the boiler is substantially larger, so much so that the grate to heating surface ratio is way out. Yet all of the component dimensions check out (tube count, length and width of the grate). The taller drivers indicate a more purely passenger locomotive as well.

White says this locomotive was retired in 1926.

Class D-12 (Locobase 7559)

Data from the C&NW 1 - 1905 Locomotive Diagrams books supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection is the source for specifications.

Class E-9 (Locobase 9329)

Data from CStPM&O 4 - 1900 Locomotive Diagrams supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection.

The Omaha Road retained its 140-psi steam pressure settings for years after other railroads had moved to 150-160 psi. This sextet of Ten-wheelers from the early '90s showed two big changes: a jump in psi to 170 and a grate that was half again as larger as the earlier surfaces. This latter enlargement was achieved by raising the floor of the firebox above the driving axles, thereby gaining 5" in width and in lengthening it as well.

Production of the class comprised 3 in Arpil 1891, 2 in May (177 & 179), and one in June (178). At the same time, the railroad was taking delivery of the F-1 with 19" cylinders. See Locobase 9330.

Class F-1 (Locobase 9330)

Data from CStPM&O 4 - 1900 Locomotive Diagrams supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection.

As this upper-New York State builder was supplying mixed-traffic Ten-wheelers with 18" cylinders to the Omaha Road in 1891 (Locobase 9329), it was simultaneously producing more powerful 19" freighters. The grate was still bigger, the tubes fewer in number but a bit longer, and the adhesion weight increasing.

These were followed a year later by a larger class of similar proportions; see Locobase 9331.

Class F-2 (Locobase 9331)

Data from CStPM&O 4 - 1900 Locomotive Diagrams supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection.

Locobase 9330 shows the 19" freighters that arrived on the Omaha Road in mid-1891. Within the year Schenectady was supplying similar locomotives with slightly taller drivers and a few more tubes.

Class F-3 (Locobase 9332)

Data from CStPM&O 4 - 1900 Locomotive Diagrams supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection.

While the Omaha Road was taking delivery of several dozen Schenectady Ten-wheelers in the early 1890s, it also purchased this one small-grate engine from Baldwin. It enjoyed a long life, only being retired in March 1939.

Class F-4 (Locobase 9333)

Data from CStPM&O 4 - 1900 Locomotive Diagrams supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection.

It's not clear why this locomotive would have to be rebuilt from an F-1 (Locobase 9330) and especially puzzling is why the grate was so much smaller afterward. Doubtless there was more to this story.

Class F-5 (Locobase 9334)

Data from CStPM&O 4 - 1900 Locomotive Diagrams supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection.

As this New York builder was turning out a few dozen freighters for the Omaha Road, it was also supplying this quartet of passenger locomotives with bigger boilers, but smaller fireboxes. They may have been the first CStPM & O locomotives with more than 50 short tons of adhesive weight.

Class F-7 (Locobase 9335)

Data from CStPM&O 4 - 1900 Locomotive Diagrams supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection.

This was one of the biggest Ten-wheelers of the mid-1890s in terms of its boiler, firebox heating surface, and adhesion weight. Its grate, however, was undersized compared to the rest of the design.

Class F-9 (Locobase 9337)

Data from CStPM&O 4 - 1900 Locomotive Diagrams supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection.

Schenectady was delivering 73" drivered Eight-wheelers to the Omaha Road (Locobase 9336) at the same time it supplied this ten-spot of Ten-wheeler freighters. It's pretty clear that this was the same design as the F-8 with a stretch of two feet in the tubes to allow a third driving axle. The drivers were 14" smaller in diameter, but all of the other specifications are either identical or simply scaled up in reflection of the longer boiler.

Class G-1 (Locobase 9338)

Data from CStPM&O 4 - 1900 Locomotive Diagrams supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection.

A year after the large 19" cylinder Ten-wheelers described in Locobase 9337, Schenectady supplied this larger batch of 20" locomotives with taller drivers and more heating surface. The first four arrived in August 1899, the next six in September, and the last three in January 1900.

This was a middle-of-the-pack locomotive in terms of its boiler, grate, firebox, and adhesion weight. In other words, like many other 4-6-0s that paid the bills for the companies that owned them.

Class G-2 (Locobase 9339)

Data from CStPM&O 4 - 1900 Locomotive Diagrams supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection.

This trio immediately followed the G-1s (Locobase 9338) as the passenger equivalent. They were delivered in June 1901. For some reason, Drury (1993) does not include them in his listing of C StP M & O locomotives.

Class I-1 (Locobase 9343)

Data from CStPM&O 4 - 1900 Locomotive Diagrams supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection.

This large class of Ten-wheelers was very similar to the R-1s then being delivered to the Chicago & North Western. Both had the same small firebox and large grate, boilers with only a 5-tube difference in the tube count. The I-1s were lighter and most had Stephenson valve motion when delivered. 101-106, 222, 356-363 had Walschaert gear. Deliveries occurred over a long period with the last coming from Schenectady in 1910.

As with the R-1s, the I-1s were superheated; see Locobase 4357.

Class I-1 - superheated (Locobase 4857)

Data from Larry Bohn, author of the website members.lsol.net/mollyandmic/c385.htm.

See Locobase 9343 for the original I-1. The site says that the I-1 and K-1 Ten-wheelers were "the workhorses of the way freight traffic". This data reflects a later upgrade with superheater. Firebox heating surface included 24.2 sq ft of arch tubes. Although many roads that superheated locomotives with Stephenson gear took the opportunity to install an outside, radial valve gear, the Omaha Road did not. Those that were delivered with Stephenson kept it, likewise those with Walschaert.

(Drury (1993) says these were identical to the Chicago & NorthWestern's R-1s, but a comparison of the data suggests otherwise.

Class K-1 (Locobase 4858)

Data from Larry Bohn, author of the website members.lsol.net/mollyandmic/c385.htm

K-1s differed from I-1s in having cylinders 2" larger in diameter, but a boiler pressure 20 psi lower. Also the boiler was slightly longer and had more tubes. The class originally came from Schenectady and Brooks in 1911-1913.

This data reflects a later upgrade with superheater. Firebox heating surface included 24.2 sq ft of arch tubes.

Class Q (Locobase 7561)

Data from the C&NW 1 - 1905 Locomotive Diagrams books supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection is the source for specifications.

Schenectady delivered 15 in 1898 (works# 4844-4858) and Rhode Island added 10 in 1903 (works #27605-27614). The 25 Rogers engines delivered in 1906 had fewer tubes; see Locobase 7558.

Class Q (Rogers) (Locobase 7562)

Data from the C&NW 1 - 1927 Locomotive Diagrams books supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection is the source for specifications.

For some reason, the 25 Qs built by Rogers (works #38543-38567) had 25 fewer boiler tubes than the earlier Schenectady-Rhode Island engines. Firebox heating surface included 11.8 sq ft of arch tubes. They were never superheated and were retired only 22-25 years later in 1928 to 1931.

Class R (Locobase 8387)

Data from 1927 C & NW locomotive diagram book supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection.

This large class of Ten-wheelers is shown as delivered in the late 1890s, part of the large North Western holding of 4-6-0s that satisfied the bread-and-butter local-service requirements for decades. Some were later upgraded in the 1920s with new boilers that contained 269 tubes, a firebox modified to accept 30 sq ft of thermic syphons, and a total of 2,207 sq ft of evaporative heating surface.

Class R-1 (Locobase 4367)

Data from table in June 1907 issue of American Engineer & Railroad Journal.

Described by Drury (1993) calls these "the engines that typify the North Western ..."; good-looking general-service locomotives that were delivered by Alco-Schenectady and Baldwin over a 7-year period. See Locobase 9343 for the same design of locomotives delivered to subsidiary Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha in the same period.

They were later superheated; Locobase 8388 shows the result.

Class R-1 - superheated (Locobase 8388)

Data from C & NW 1 - 1927 locomotive diagram book supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection.

This was the superheated upgrade of the R-1 (Locobase 4367), which took several forms. As shown in the data, a new boiler could mean not just a revision to the tube/flue layout but to the firebox as well. Joining 12.7 sq ft of arch tubes was 48.5 sq ft of thermic syphons to contribute to the firebox heating surface. So not only did the boiler benefit from drier steam, but more of the heating surface was direct. Already valued by the North Western as a handy general-service locomotive, the superheated R-1s undoubtedly proved even more useful.

Class S-1 (Locobase 7563)

Data from the C&NW 1 - 1905 Locomotive Diagrams books supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection is the source for specifications.

Class S-2 (Locobase 7564)

Data from the C&NW 1 - 1905 Locomotive Diagrams books supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection is the source for specifications.

The S-2s and S-4s were virtually identical except for driver diameter and consequently weights. S-4s had 63" drivers; see Locobase 7565.

Class S-3 (Locobase 7565)

Data from the C&NW 1 - 1905 Locomotive Diagrams books supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection is the source for specifications.

Class S-4 (Locobase 7566)

Data from the C&NW 1 - 1905 Locomotive Diagrams books supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection is the source for specifications.

The S-2s and S-4s were virtually identical except for driver diameter and consequently weights. Compared to the S-3s (Locobase 7565), the S-4s had larger boilers.

Data from M Grille & MH Falconnette, Les Chemins de Fer a L'Exposition de Chicago, (Paris, France: E Bernard et Cie, 1894), p 26-27.on the 1893 Chicago Exposition shows a very different locomotive; see Locobase 9135.

The S-2 had 59" drivers; see Locobase 7564.

Class S-5 (Locobase 9151)

Data from the C&NW 3 - 1908 Locomotive Diagrams books supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection is the source for specifications.

Locobase suspects this quintet might have originally entered service on a line later bought by the C & NW. The dimensions are quite similar to the other S-series engines of the time, though.

Specifications
ClassColumbus / S-7D-12E-9F-1F-2F-3F-4F-5F-7F-9G-1G-2I-1I-1 - superheatedK-1QQ (Rogers)RR-1R-1 - superheatedS-1S-2S-3S-4S-5
Locobase ID9135755993299330933193329333933493359337933893399343485748587561756283874367838875637564756575669151
RailroadChicago & North Western (C&NW)Chicago & North Western (C&NW)Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha (C & NW)Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha (C & NW)Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha (C & NW)Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha (C & NW)Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha (C & NW)Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha (C & NW)Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha (C & NW)Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha (C & NW)Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha (C & NW)Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha (C & NW)Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha (C & NW)Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha (C & NW)Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha (C & NW)Chicago & North Western (C&NW)Chicago & North Western (C&NW)Chicago & North Western (C&NW)Chicago & North Western (C&NW)Chicago & North Western (C&NW)Chicago & North Western (C&NW)Chicago & North Western (C&NW)Chicago & North Western (C&NW)Chicago & North Western (C&NW)Chicago & North Western (C&NW)
Whyte4-6-04-6-04-6-04-6-04-6-04-6-04-6-04-6-04-6-04-6-04-6-04-6-04-6-04-6-04-6-04-6-04-6-04-6-04-6-04-6-04-6-04-6-04-6-04-6-04-6-0
Road Numbers400174-1791, 205, 220-21, 248188-200, 206, 212, 233-34226247263-266273-274279-288289-301305-307302-304, 308-353, 371-375101-106, 222-225,302-304+107-108+497-506, 556-65,1323-32795-96, 816-818
GaugeStdStdStdStdStdStdStdStdStdStdStdStdStdStdStdStdStdStdStdStdStdStdStdStdStd
BuilderSchenectadyBurnham, Parry, Williams & CoSchenectadySchenectadySchenectadyBurnham, Williams & CoCStPMOSchenectadySchenectadySchenectadySchenectadySchenectadySchenectadyAlco-SchenectadyAlcoseveralRogersSchenectadyseveralC & NWSchenectadySchenectadySchenectadySchenectadySchenectady
Year1893188818911891189218931895189218971898189919011901190619111898190618971901192618881891189118911892
Valve GearStephensonStephensonStephensonStephensonStephensonStephensonStephensonStephensonStephensonStephensonStephensonStephensonStephensonWalschaertWalschaertStephensonStephensonStephensonWalschaertWalschaertStephensonStephensonStephensonStephensonStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase14.92'13.50'11.50'12.17'12.17'14.75'14.75'12.17'14.81'14'14.83'14.83'14.83'14.83'14.83'14.33'14.33'14.83'14.83'14.83'14.33'12.25'11.60'12.25'12.17'
Engine Wheelbase25.25'23.71'21.50'22.58'22.58'25.17'25.08'22.58'25.81'24.19'25.83'25.83'25.83'25.83'25.83'25.33'25.33'25.83'25.83'25.83'24.25'22.42'21.58'22.42'22.50'
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheebase 0.59 0.57 0.53 0.54 0.54 0.59 0.59 0.54 0.57 0.58 0.57 0.57 0.57 0.57 0.57 0.57 0.57 0.57 0.57 0.57 0.59 0.55 0.54 0.55 0.54
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender)045.92'45.25'46'47.19'49.08'46'47.21'51.75'49.92'51.54'53.67'530.83'59.09'59.09'50.69'50.53'53.55'57.75'57.77'47.25'47.77'46.81'47.77'46.92'
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle)040450 lbs43333 lbs
Weight on Drivers95442 lbs79700 lbs89300 lbs99600 lbs99600 lbs96000 lbs97400 lbs102000 lbs121000 lbs110800 lbs120250 lbs121350 lbs130000 lbs138000 lbs139500 lbs102800 lbs108575 lbs121750 lbs135500 lbs139000 lbs88600 lbs101100 lbs94500 lbs102550 lbs102550 lbs
Engine Weight128547 lbs103700 lbs115600 lbs122700 lbs125100 lbs129000 lbs125000 lbs127500 lbs156850 lbs146300 lbs158000 lbs159750 lbs167400 lbs179000 lbs186000 lbs139100 lbs147560 lbs156700 lbs179500 lbs186000 lbs110600 lbs120400 lbs116000 lbs125800 lbs126900 lbs
Tender Light Weight080400 lbs80400 lbs70300 lbs75900 lbs80000 lbs71000 lbs75900 lbs101850 lbs105300 lbs106000 lbs115300 lbs112450 lbs143300 lbs156800 lbs91600 lbs91600 lbs109500 lbs139500 lbs144000 lbs97500 lbs97500 lbs97500 lbs97500 lbs82300 lbs
Total Engine and Tender Weight208100 lbs184100 lbs196000 lbs193000 lbs201000 lbs209000 lbs196000 lbs203400 lbs258700 lbs251600 lbs264000 lbs275050 lbs279850 lbs322300 lbs342800 lbs230700 lbs239160 lbs266200 lbs319000 lbs330000 lbs208100 lbs217900 lbs213500 lbs223300 lbs209200 lbs
Tender Water Capacity4752 gals3600 gals4000 gals4000 gals4050 gals4000 gals3300 gals4050 gals4500 gals4500 gals4500 gals5000 gals5200 gals7500 gals7500 gals4000 gals4000 gals5200 gals7500 gals7500 gals4500 gals4500 gals4500 gals4500 gals4500 gals
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal)7.7 tons8 tons7 tons8 tons8 tons8 tons8 tons11 tons10.5 tons10.8 tons10.8 tons11 tons10 tons18 tons15 tons10 tons10 tons10 tons10 tons10 tons10 tons10 tons10 tons10 tons8 tons
Minimum weight per yard of rail on which locomotive could run53.02 lb rail44.28 lb rail49.61 lb rail55.33 lb rail55.33 lb rail53.33 lb rail54.11 lb rail56.67 lb rail67.22 lb rail61.56 lb rail66.81 lb rail67.42 lb rail72.22 lb rail76.67 lb rail77.50 lb rail57.11 lb rail60.32 lb rail67.64 lb rail75.28 lb rail77.22 lb rail49.22 lb rail56.17 lb rail52.50 lb rail56.97 lb rail56.97 lb rail
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter67"59"64"56"59"59"56"67"63"59"63"69"63"63"63"63"63"63"63"63"59"59"63"63"62"
Boiler Pressure170 psi160 psi170 psi170 psi170 psi170 psi170 psi170 psi190 psi190 psi190 psi200 psi200 psi200 psi180 psi190 psi190 psi190 psi200 psi200 psi160 psi170 psi170 psi170 psi175 psi
Cylinders (dia x stroke)19" x 24"18" x 24"18" x 24"19" x 24"19" x 24"19" x 24"19" x 24"19" x 24"19" x 26"19" x 24"20" x 26"20" x 24"21" x 26"21" x 26"23" x 26"18" x 26"18" x 26"20" x 26"21" x 28"21" x 26"19" x 24"19" x 24"18" x 24"19" x 24"19" x 24"
Tractive Effort18686 lbs17924 lbs17557 lbs22356 lbs21219 lbs21219 lbs22356 lbs18686 lbs24061 lbs23716 lbs26660 lbs23652 lbs30940 lbs30940 lbs33403 lbs21595 lbs21595 lbs26660 lbs33320 lbs30940 lbs19971 lbs21219 lbs17835 lbs19872 lbs20787 lbs
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 5.11 4.45 5.09 4.46 4.69 4.52 4.36 5.46 5.03 4.67 4.51 5.13 4.20 4.46 4.18 4.76 5.03 4.57 4.07 4.49 4.44 4.76 5.30 5.16 4.93
Heating Ability
Firebox Area165.17 sq. ft143.90 sq. ft134 sq. ft148.70 sq. ft147 sq. ft159.20 sq. ft148.70 sq. ft147 sq. ft178.10 sq. ft174 sq. ft175 sq. ft193.80 sq. ft152 sq. ft176.20 sq. ft176.20 sq. ft145.80 sq. ft157.60 sq. ft199.70 sq. ft150.80 sq. ft216.70 sq. ft161.40 sq. ft146.68 sq. ft140.60 sq. ft146.68 sq. ft
Grate Area17.88 sq. ft17.07 sq. ft25.70 sq. ft26.90 sq. ft27 sq. ft17 sq. ft17 sq. ft27 sq. ft27.60 sq. ft26.50 sq. ft28.30 sq. ft30 sq. ft46.27 sq. ft46 sq. ft46 sq. ft25.25 sq. ft25.25 sq. ft28.54 sq. ft46.27 sq. ft47.18 sq. ft18.50 sq. ft27.20 sq. ft25.60 sq. ft27.20 sq. ft26.80 sq. ft
Evaporative Heating Surface1806153615961487154616941542175423282152232523653002201222942031184622872959196315781712157417121617
Superheating Surface0493440476
Combined Heating Surface1806153615961487154616941542175423282152232523653002250527342031184622872959243915781712157417121617
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume229.31217.30225.79188.81196.30215.09195.79222.71272.85273.24245.93271.01288.02193.04183.48265.23241.07241.91263.62188.34200.36217.37222.68217.37205.31
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation3039.602731.2043694573459028902890459052445035537760009254920082804797.504797.505422.609254943629604624435246244690
Same as above plus superheater percentage3039.602731.204369457345902890289045905244503553776000925411010.629612.554797.504797.505422.60925411277.5529604624435246244690
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area28078.9023024227802527924990270642527924990338393306033250387603040042175.4636820.262770229944379433016051798.322582424935.602390224935.600
Power L16343.655020.325813.064493.594841.515285.124604.395999.337525.587168.936752.798787.117579.6614768.4610785.767190.476862.216933.226946.5914769.474764.475190.455750.015542.340
Power MT439.60416.61430.54298.39321.50364.11312.66389.01411.35427.93371.41478.92385.62707.80511.37462.61418.01376.64339.07702.76355.66339.55402.43357.450

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