Data from Dimensions and Classifications of Locomotives of the NYC&HR et al, September 1905, p. 325. See also "History of the C&CV" on the Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley museum road site at [] and See also DeGolyer, Vol 16, p. 36. Works number was 10840 in April 1890.
One of the stipulations in the specifications was a guarantee that the 3 would manage 325-350 tons up a 1% grade at "slow speed".
Baldwin built several Eight-wheelers with these dimensions in 1890, each for a different road. This one was headed for a central New York State short line that was built to encourage the Ulster & Delaware's owner Thomas Cornell to continue a westward extension from Bloomville to Oneonta.
A few months before the namesake engine was delivered, the C&CV tracklayers reached Davenport Center. All construction stopped soon afterward when Thomas Cornell died and his nephew, Edwin Young, stepped in as executor. According to the Leatherstocking Railway Historical Society account, Young's influence was sufficient to block any further competition.
Passenger service between Cooperstown and Davenport Center continued for a few years but ended in 1903. The U&D and the C&CR would eventually meet, but in West Davenport.
The 3 passed into Delaware & Hudson hands when that road acquired the Cooperstown branch. After being renumbered 397, then 415, the engine was sold in October 1905 to the Carolina & North Western as their 115. The C&NW scrapped the 115 in May 1932.
Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
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Class | Cooperstown / C-29 |
Locobase ID | 14543 |
Railroad | Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley |
Country | USA |
Whyte | 4-4-0 |
Number in Class | 1 |
Road Numbers | 3 |
Gauge | Std |
Number Built | 1 |
Builder | Burnham, Parry, Williams & Co |
Year | 1890 |
Valve Gear | Stephenson |
Locomotive Length and Weight | |
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 8.25 / 2.51 |
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 22.17 / 6.76 |
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 0.37 |
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | 45.17 / 13.77 |
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 50,000 / 22,680 |
Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 80,000 / 36,287 |
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | 52,000 / 23,587 |
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | 132,000 / 59,874 |
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 2800 / 10.61 |
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | 5 / 5 |
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 42 / 21 |
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 63 / 1600 |
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 130 / 900 |
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 17" x 24" / 432x610 |
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 12,166 / 5518.41 |
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 4.11 |
Heating Ability | |
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 188 - 2" / 51 |
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 10.96 / 3.34 |
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 110 / 10.22 |
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 16.57 / 1.54 |
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1185 / 110.09 |
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1185 / 110.09 |
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 187.80 |
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 2154 |
Same as above plus superheater percentage | 2154 |
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 14,300 |
Power L1 | 3753 |
Power MT | 330.96 |