Chesapeake & Ohio Texas Type Locomotives

The Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad designed a new Class of freight locomotive to satisfy its needs for motive power. They tested an Erie Berkshire then basically stretched the Erie design adding one set of drivers, creating a 2-10-4 that was both powerful and fast. They ordered forty of them from the Lima Locomotive Works in 1930. They were designated as Class T-1 and were assigned road numbers 3000 through 3039. These 2-10-4s had 29" dia. x 34" stroke cylinders, 69" dia. drivers, a 265 psi boiler pressure, exerted 93,350 lbs of tractice effort and each weighed 566,000 pounds. This basic design was used for most 2-10-4s constructed after 1930.

There are no surviving examples of the C&O Class T-1 locomotives. All were scrapped in the early 1950s.

Specifications for Class T-1
Wheel Arrangement:	2-10-4
Length:	117' - 8"
Drivers:	69" dia.
Weight on Drivers:	373,000 lbs
Locomotive Weight:	566,000 lbs
Locomotive & Tender Weight:	978,700 lbs
Grate Area:	121.7 sq ft
Cylinders:	(2) 29" dia. x 34" stroke
Boiler Pressure:	260 psi
Tractive Effort:	91,584 lbs
Tender Capacity:	23,500 gals. of water and 30 tons of coal.

Chesapeake & Ohio Texas Type Locomotives

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