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Minarets & Western No. 102 to 104

No. 103 in November 1935 at Fresno, California

The Sugar Pine Lumber Company had founded the Minarets & Western Railway to operate a main line that connected their saw mill over 53 miles with the network of the Southern Pacific. This railroad and its parent mostly...

Minarets & Western No. 102 to 104Remove
Variant Standard
Built 1923
Manufacturers ALCO
Wheel arrangement 1D1
Gauge 1435 mm
Length
Service mass 117390 kg
Top speed
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General

Property Minarets & Western No. 102 to 104
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Built 1923
Manufacturers ALCO
Wheel arrangement 2-8-2 (Mikado)
Gauge 1,435 mm

Dimensions and weights

Property Minarets & Western No. 102 to 104
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Wheelbase 10.14 m
Total wheelbase 20.71 m
Service mass 117.4 t
Adhesion mass 94.3 t
Total mass 195.4 t
Rigid wheelbase 4.45 m
Water capacity 37,854 l
Fuel capacity 9.1 t (coal)

Boiler

Property Minarets & Western No. 102 to 104
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Grate area 5.881 m²
Firebox surface 26.57 m²
Tube heating surface 303.236 m²
Evaporative heating surface 329.806 m²
Superheater surface 80.082 m²
Total heating surface 409.9 m²

Power plant

Property Minarets & Western No. 102 to 104
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Driver diameter 1,321 mm
Boiler pressure 13.8 bar
Expansion type simple expansion
Cylinders two, 622 x 711 mm

Power

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Power source steam
Estimated power 2,088 kW (2,839 PS)
Starting effort 244.4 kN

Calculated values

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Factor of adhesion 1 : 3.78
Optimal speed 51 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 17.8 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent 622.8 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE 1 : 694.62
Adhesive weight/Total 1 : 1.25
Tractive force/Heating surface 1 : 12.45
Grate area/Heating surface 1 : 69.70
Firebox/Tube surface 1 : 11.41
Total/Superheater 1 : 4.12
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