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Pennsylvania class I1s

No. 4258 with an eight-axle long-range tender

To maximize the pulling power of ten-coupled freight locomotives, the PRR made use of its high permitted axle load and returned to the 2-10-0 wheel arrangement in 1916. The lack of a trailing axle did not allow for la...

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Variant
Baldwin - 1929 variant
Built 1929
Manufacturers Baldwin
Wheel arrangement 1E
Gauge 1435 mm
Length
Service mass 175132 kg
Top speed
Power
Engine

General

Property Pennsylvania class I1sRemove
Built 1929
Manufacturers Baldwin
Wheel arrangement 2-10-0 (Decapod)
Gauge 1,435 mm

Dimensions and weights

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Wheelbase 9.80 m
Total wheelbase 22.37 m
Service mass 175.1 t
Adhesion mass 159.9 t
Total mass 268 t
Rigid wheelbase 6.91 m
Axle load 32.9 t
Water capacity 38,990 l
Fuel capacity 17 t (coal)

Boiler

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Grate area 6.503 m²
Firebox surface 29.915 m²
Tube heating surface 396.511 m²
Evaporative heating surface 426.426 m²
Superheater surface 151.804 m²
Total heating surface 578.2 m²

Power plant

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Driver diameter 1,575 mm
Boiler pressure 17.2 bar
Expansion type simple expansion
Cylinders two, 775 x 813 mm

Power

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Power source steam
Estimated power 2,438 kW (3,315 PS)
Starting effort 427.0 kN

Calculated values

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Factor of adhesion 1 : 3.67
Optimal speed 32 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 13.9 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent 879.6 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE 1 : 871.13
Adhesive weight/Total 1 : 1.10
Tractive force/Heating surface 1 : 15.42
Grate area/Heating surface 1 : 88.92
Firebox/Tube surface 1 : 13.25
Total/Superheater 1 : 2.81
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