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Lehigh Valley classes T-1 to T-3

T-2b No. 5215 while taking water

The Lehigh Valley used the 4-8-4, which they dubbed “Wyoming” after the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania, primarily for freight trains. After one prototype each from Baldwin and ALCO, ten more were procured as T-1a and ...

General

Property	Lehigh Valley classes T-1 to T-3 T-2b T-1a T-2a T-2b T-3 Remove
Built	1943
Manufacturers	ALCO
Wheel arrangement	4-8-4 (Northern)
Gauge	1,435 mm (Standard gauge)

Dimensions and weights

Property	Lehigh Valley classes T-1 to T-3 T-2b T-1a T-2a T-2b T-3 Remove
Wheelbase	13.89 m
Rigid wheelbase	5.87 m
Total wheelbase	28.96 m
Service weight	204.6 t
Adhesive weight	124.5 t
Axle load	31.1 t
Total weight	381.1 t
Water capacity	75,708 l
Fuel capacity	27.2 t (coal)

Boiler

Property	Lehigh Valley classes T-1 to T-3 T-2b T-1a T-2a T-2b T-3 Remove
Grate area	8.203 m²
Firebox surface	45.894 m²
Tube heating surface	453.553 m²
Evaporative heating surface	499.447 m²
Superheater surface	194.632 m²
Total heating surface	694.1 m²

Power plant

Property	Lehigh Valley classes T-1 to T-3 T-2b T-1a T-2a T-2b T-3 Remove
Driver diameter	1,778 mm
Boiler pressure	17.6 bar
Expansion type	simple expansion
Cylinders	two, 660 x 813 mm

Power

Property	Lehigh Valley classes T-1 to T-3 T-2b T-1a T-2a T-2b T-3 Remove
Power source	steam
Estimated power	3,430 kW (4,664 PS)
Starting effort	298.0 kN
Starting effort booster	54.713 kN

Calculated values

Property	Lehigh Valley classes T-1 to T-3 T-2b T-1a T-2a T-2b T-3 Remove
Factor of adhesion	1 : 4.10
Optimal speed	71 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio	16.8 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent	1,118.2 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE	1 : 497.97
Adhesive weight/Total	1 : 1.64
Tractive force/Heating surface	1 : 8.97
Grate area/Heating surface	1 : 84.61
Firebox/Tube surface	1 : 9.88
Total/Superheater	1 : 2.57

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