Twenty 4-8-4 passenger locomotives built by American Locomotive Co, designed for speeds up to 90 mph; length oa 110 ft 7 1/8 in.; tractive force 63,600 lb; total engine weight 465,000 lb; tender in working order weighs 366,500 lb; driving wheels 77 in. in diam; cylinders 24 1/2 by 32 in.; boiler, which carries working pressure of 300 lb per sq in. has combined heating surface of 6070 sq ft, and firebox grate area of 100.2 sq ft.


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    Title :

    Union pacific heavy passenger locomotives


    Additional title:

    Ry Mech Engrs


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1938


    Size :

    8 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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