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Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range classes M-3 and M-4

M3 No. 221

For heavy ore trains with up to 115 cars, the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range needed more powerful locomotives, where the most difficult task was to pull the empty trains up the 2.2 percent steep ramp from the port in Du...

Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range classes M-3 and M-4Remove
Variant Standard
Built 1941, 1943
Manufacturers Baldwin
Wheel arrangement (1D)D2 ma
Gauge 1435 mm
Length
Service mass 315265 kg
Top speed
Power
Engine

General

Property Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range classes M-3 and M-4
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Built 1941, 1943
Manufacturers Baldwin
Wheel arrangement 2-8-8-4 (Yellowstone)
Gauge 1,435 mm

Dimensions and weights

Property Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range classes M-3 and M-4
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Wheelbase 20.47 m
Total wheelbase 34.60 m
Service mass 315.3 t
Adhesion mass 254.1 t
Total mass 513.9 t
Rigid wheelbase 5.26 m
Axle load 31.8 t
Water capacity 94,635 l
Fuel capacity 24.5 t (coal)

Boiler

Property Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range classes M-3 and M-4
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Grate area 11.613 m²
Firebox surface 69.677 m²
Tube heating surface 560.392 m²
Evaporative heating surface 630.069 m²
Superheater surface 257.342 m²
Total heating surface 887.4 m²

Power plant

Property Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range classes M-3 and M-4
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Driver diameter 1,600 mm
Boiler pressure 16.5 bar
Expansion type simple expansion
Cylinders four, 660 x 813 mm

Power

Property Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range classes M-3 and M-4
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Power source steam
Estimated power 4,474 kW (6,083 PS)
Starting effort 623.2 kN

Calculated values

Property Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range classes M-3 and M-4
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Factor of adhesion 1 : 4.00
Optimal speed 43 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 14.2 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent 1,493.1 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE 1 : 745.84
Adhesive weight/Total 1 : 1.24
Tractive force/Heating surface 1 : 14.67
Grate area/Heating surface 1 : 76.42
Firebox/Tube surface 1 : 8.04
Total/Superheater 1 : 2.45
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