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Denver & Rio Grande Western class K-28

No. 472 in July 1938 in Salida, Colorado

When 20 years had passed since the later class K-27 was purchased from Baldwin, the D&RG purchased ten additional locomotives from ALCO-Schenectady. These were also Mikados with an outside frame, in which the cylinder...

Denver & Rio Grande Western class K-28Remove
Variant Standard
Built 1923
Manufacturers ALCO
Wheel arrangement 1D1
Gauge 914 mm
Length
Service mass 70760 kg
Top speed
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General

Property Denver & Rio Grande Western class K-28
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Built 1923
Manufacturers ALCO
Wheel arrangement 2-8-2 (Mikado)
Gauge 914 mm

Dimensions and weights

Property Denver & Rio Grande Western class K-28
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Wheelbase 8.79 m
Total wheelbase 16.31 m
Service mass 70.8 t
Adhesion mass 51.5 t
Total mass 115.4 t
Rigid wheelbase 3.73 m
Axle load 12.9 t
Water capacity 18,927 l
Fuel capacity 7.3 t (coal)

Boiler

Property Denver & Rio Grande Western class K-28
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Grate area 2.796 m²
Firebox surface 9.476 m²
Tube heating surface 138.611 m²
Evaporative heating surface 148.088 m²
Superheater surface 39.205 m²
Total heating surface 187.3 m²

Power plant

Property Denver & Rio Grande Western class K-28
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Driver diameter 1,118 mm
Boiler pressure 13.8 bar
Expansion type simple expansion
Cylinders two, 457 x 559 mm

Power

Property Denver & Rio Grande Western class K-28
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Power source steam
Estimated power 839 kW (1,141 PS)
Starting effort 122.5 kN

Calculated values

Property Denver & Rio Grande Western class K-28
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Factor of adhesion 1 : 4.12
Optimal speed 42 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 11.9 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent 273.9 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE 1 : 669.94
Adhesive weight/Total 1 : 1.37
Tractive force/Heating surface 1 : 13.66
Grate area/Heating surface 1 : 66.99
Firebox/Tube surface 1 : 14.63
Total/Superheater 1 : 3.78
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