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Denver, North Western & Pacific No. 200 to 216

Denver & Rio Grande Western class L-77

United States 1909 17 produced
No. 3366 in April 1950 at Salt Lake City Taylor Rush collection

Numbers 200 to 209 were built by Schenectady in 1909 and 1910 as 0-6-6-0 all-adhesion Mallets. Their special task was to haul rotary snow plows at speeds as low as 4 mph without stalling. Railway Gazette once wrote that this task had previously been taken over by up to five Consolidations and now one of these Mallets was supposed to accomplish this task alone. For the rest of the year, they were mainly used in regular pusher service. As early as 1912, they received a leading axle and a mechanical stoker to improve their usability in freight service. Now they were perfect to haul heavy trains through the mountains with 20 mph, with a top speed of 35 mph. 

In 1913, the railroad became the Denver & Salt Lake. In the same year they ordered numbers 210 to 216 which had a leading axle and a stoker from the start, and additionally were superheated. 210 was lost in a wreck in 1924, but the rest of the class was rebuilt in 1926. The first batch got superheaters of 1,249 square feet, but the second one retained their superheaters of 1,046 square feet. Additionally, thermic syphons and Sellers exhaust injectors were installed. In 1931 the railroad was taken over by the D&RGW and these locomotive became class L-77. They were retired between 1947 and 1952.

Technical data

General

Property 200-209 210-216 rebuilt
Built 1909-1910 1913 1936
Manufacturers ALCO DNW&P
Wheel arrangement 0-6-6-0 (Erie) 2-6-6-0
Gauge 1,435 mm (Standard gauge)

Dimensions and weights

Property 200-209 210-216 rebuilt
Length 25.30 m
Wheelbase 9.35 m 11.91 m 11.94 m
Total wheelbase 19.61 m 22.25 m
Service mass 148.6 t 163.7 t 164.2 t
Adhesion mass 148.6 t 151.3 t 150.6 t
Total mass 221.1 t 243.6 t 244 t
Rigid wheelbase 3.30 m 3.05 m
Axle load 24.8 t 25.2 t 25.1 t
Water capacity 34,069 l
Fuel capacity 10.9 t (coal) 15.4 t (coal)

Boiler

Property 200-209 210-216 rebuilt
Grate area 6.708 m²
Firebox surface 19.138 m² 21.275 m²
Tube heating surface 467.767 m² 361.3 m²
Evaporative heating surface 486.905 m² 382.575 m²
Total heating surface 486.9 m² 479.8 m² 498.6 m²
Superheater surface 97.177 m² 116.036 m²

Power plant

Property 200-209 210-216 rebuilt
Driver diameter 1,397 mm
Boiler pressure 15.5 bar
Expansion type compound
Cylinders four, HP: 521 x 813 mm and LP: 838 x 813 mm four, HP: 533 x 813 mm and LP: 851 x 813 mm

Power

Property 200-209 210-216 rebuilt
Power source steam
Estimated power 1,454 kW (1,977 PS) 1,939 kW (2,636 PS) 1,976 kW (2,687 PS)
Starting effort 300.2 kN 313.4 kN
Starting effort simple 360.2 kN 376.1 kN

Calculated values

Property 200-209 210-216 rebuilt
Factor of adhesion 1 : 4.85 1 : 4.74 1 : 4.71
Optimal speed 29 km/h 39 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 9.8 kW/t 11.8 kW/t 12.0 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent 582.6 m² 683.3 m² 721.0 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE 1 : 1,364.01 1 : 1,208.03 1 : 1,144.84
Adhesive weight/Total 1 : 1.00 1 : 1.08 1 : 1.09
Tractive force/Heating surface 1 : 12.88 1 : 13.64 1 : 13.13
Grate area/Heating surface 1 : 72.59 1 : 71.52 1 : 74.33
Firebox/Tube surface 1 : 24.44 1 : 16.98
Total/Superheater 1 : 3.94 1 : 3.30
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