Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Volume 51, p. 317. Works number was 41306 in April 1914.
Although a short short line, the LVRR carried 9 million passengers, most of them headed to Idlewild Park in the Mountain Playground of western Pennsylvania. This design was well-suited to the short-haul, many-stop service required for such a line.
Three years after the first Brill gas-mechanical "doodlebug"came on the property in 1929, however, the 17 was retired in 1932.
| Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | 17 |
| Locobase ID | 13932 |
| Railroad | Ligonier Valley |
| Country | USA |
| Whyte | 4-4-0 |
| Number in Class | 1 |
| Road Numbers | 17 |
| Gauge | Std |
| Number Built | 1 |
| Builder | Baldwin |
| Year | 1914 |
| Valve Gear | Stephenson |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 8.50 / 2.59 |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 22.58 / 6.88 |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 0.38 |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | 49.37 / 15.05 |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
| Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 78,000 / 35,380 |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 115,000 / 52,163 |
| Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | 80,000 / 36,287 |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | 195,000 / 88,450 |
| Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 4000 / 15.15 |
| Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | 6 / 6 |
| Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 65 / 32.50 |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 63 / 1600 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 180 / 1240 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 18" x 24" / 457x610 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 18,885 / 8566.10 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 4.13 |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 267 - 2" / 51 |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 11.59 / 3.53 |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 162.40 / 15.09 |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 29.30 / 2.72 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1776 / 164.99 |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1776 / 164.99 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 251.20 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 5274 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 5274 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 29,232 |
| Power L1 | 6918 |
| Power MT | 391.07 |