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Chesapeake & Ohio class F-17

No. 472 after the rebuild to F-17A

The class F-17 was built in 1914 by ALCO-Richmond for use on the line between Charlottesville, Virginia, and Hinton, West Virginia. This line crossed three mountain ranges and the requirements said that these locomoti...

Chesapeake & Ohio class F-17Remove
Variant
as built
Built 1914
Manufacturers ALCO
Wheel arrangement 2C1
Gauge 1435 mm
Length
Service mass 141795 kg
Top speed
Power
Engine

General

Property Chesapeake & Ohio class F-17Remove
Built 1914
Manufacturers ALCO
Wheel arrangement 4-6-2 (Pacific)
Gauge 1,435 mm

Dimensions and weights

Property Chesapeake & Ohio class F-17Remove
Wheelbase 10.59 m
Total wheelbase 21.93 m
Service mass 141.8 t
Adhesion mass 86.8 t
Total mass 225.5 t
Rigid wheelbase 3.96 m
Water capacity 35,961 l
Fuel capacity 12.7 t (coal)

Boiler

Property Chesapeake & Ohio class F-17Remove
Grate area 7.463 m²
Firebox surface 26.273 m²
Tube heating surface 389.84 m²
Evaporative heating surface 416.113 m²
Superheater surface 92.067 m²
Total heating surface 508.2 m²

Power plant

Property Chesapeake & Ohio class F-17Remove
Driver diameter 1,753 mm
Boiler pressure 12.8 bar
Expansion type simple expansion
Cylinders two, 686 x 711 mm

Power

Property Chesapeake & Ohio class F-17Remove
Power source steam
Estimated power 2,386 kW (3,244 PS)
Starting effort 206.9 kN

Calculated values

Property Chesapeake & Ohio class F-17Remove
Factor of adhesion 1 : 4.12
Optimal speed 71 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 16.8 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent 731.6 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE 1 : 718.17
Adhesive weight/Total 1 : 1.63
Tractive force/Heating surface 1 : 8.50
Grate area/Heating surface 1 : 68.09
Firebox/Tube surface 1 : 14.84
Total/Superheater 1 : 4.52
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