Quanah, Acme & Pacific 2-8-0 "Consolidation" Locomotives in the USA


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 101 (Locobase 13509)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 51, p. 291. See Locobase 13508 for a brief history of the QA & P. Works number was 42200 in July 1915.

As the Quanah Route developed its cross-Texas traffic, a Consolidation was an inevitable addition to any such aspiring line. Like the earlier Baldwin Ten-wheelers shown in Locobase 13508, this was a mid-sized example at best with a relatively modest amount of superheat.

(The Quanah Route would later operate an undeliverable Russian decapod as their 1628.)

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class101
Locobase ID13509
RailroadQuanah, Acme & Pacific
CountryUSA
Whyte2-8-0
Number in Class1
Road Numbers101
GaugeStd
Number Built1
BuilderBaldwin
Year1915
Valve GearWalschaert
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)14.25 / 4.34
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)21.83 / 6.65
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.65
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)55.50 / 16.92
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)140,600 / 63,775
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)156,400 / 70,942
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)140,000 / 63,503
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)296,400 / 134,445
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)7000 / 26.52
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)12 / 11
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)59 / 29.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)52 / 1321
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)185 / 1280
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)20" x 26" / 508x660
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)31,450 / 14265.50
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.47
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)165 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)22 - 5.375" / 137
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)12.87 / 3.92
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)167 / 15.51
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)31.40 / 2.92
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1668 / 154.96
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)319 / 29.64
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1987 / 184.60
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume176.51
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation5809
Same as above plus superheater percentage6738
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area35,838
Power L19118
Power MT571.88

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