Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Vol 53, pp. 314. See also John Opie, Ogallala: Water for a Dry Land (University of Nebraska Press, 2000), pp. 77-79. Works number was 42480 in September 1915.
The Garden City Sugar and Land Company was incorporated in Western Kansas to support a big sugar-beet growing and harvesting area. To lay the Garden City Western, the GCSLC used the material (rails, ties, fastenings) assembled to build the Nebraska, Kansas and Southern Railway, which never actually entered service. The GCW ran 14 miles .
The 25 had a long quiet career on the GCW before being donated to the City of Garden City in April 1955.
| Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | 25 |
| Locobase ID | 14338 |
| Railroad | Garden City Western |
| Country | USA |
| Whyte | 2-6-0 |
| Number in Class | 1 |
| Road Numbers | 25 |
| Gauge | Std |
| Number Built | 1 |
| Builder | Baldwin |
| Year | 1915 |
| Valve Gear | Walschaert |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 11.50 / 3.51 |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 19.33 / 5.89 |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 0.59 |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | 45.67 / 13.92 |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
| Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 94,000 / 42,638 |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 109,000 / 49,442 |
| Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | 80,000 / 36,287 |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | 189,000 / 85,729 |
| Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 4000 / 15.15 |
| Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | 1800 / 6813 |
| Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 52 / 26 |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 51 / 1295 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 180 / 1240 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 18" x 24" / 457x610 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 23,328 / 10581.42 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 4.03 |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 200 - 2" / 51 |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 11 / 3.35 |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 118.90 / 11.05 |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 20.70 / 1.92 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1263 / 117.38 |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1263 / 117.38 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 178.64 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 3726 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 3726 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 21,402 |
| Power L1 | 4020 |
| Power MT | 282.85 |
