Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Volume 31, p. 155. Works number was 32773 in May 1908.
The Virginia & Carolina originally ordered this locomotive, but it was sold to the AO & W. Amid the precision of most of the specifications for this locomotive was the comment that the chime whistle was to be "a good one". A bit subjective, one concludes.
Put into service as the Rogers Southwestern in 1906, the "All Off & Walk" eventually measured 30 miles (48 km) and connected Rogers, Ark with Siloam. A more commercially viable nickname was the "Fruit Belt Line", which saluted the fruit growers that were to supply the principal freight.
The AO&W was never really successful and merged with the Monte Ne railroad to form the Kansas City & Memphis. But that railroad also failed to generate enough revenue and was abandoned in 1918.
The 441 was sold to the Bolling Franklin Lumber Company. The BFLC later sold the engine to the W P Brown & Sons Company of Louisville, Ky.
| Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | 441 |
| Locobase ID | 13246 |
| Railroad | Arkansas, Oklahoma & Western |
| Country | USA |
| Whyte | 4-6-0 |
| Number in Class | 1 |
| Road Numbers | 441 |
| Gauge | Std |
| Number Built | 1 |
| Builder | Burnham, Williams & Co |
| Year | 1908 |
| Valve Gear | Stephenson |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 11.33 / 3.45 |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 21.58 / 6.58 |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 0.53 |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
| Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 85,850 / 38,941 |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 110,000 / 49,895 |
| Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | 60,000 / 27,216 |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | 170,000 / 77,111 |
| Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 3000 / 11.36 |
| Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | 4.50 / 4 |
| Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 48 / 24 |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 52 / 1321 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 160 / 1100 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 18" x 24" / 457x610 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 20,337 / 9224.72 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 4.22 |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 228 - 2" / 51 |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 12.50 / 3.81 |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 146 / 13.56 |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 22.40 / 2.08 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1627 / 151.15 |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1627 / 151.15 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 230.13 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 3584 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 3584 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 23,360 |
| Power L1 | 4623 |
| Power MT | 356.15 |