R. Connor Lumber Co. No. 4 and 15 and Shay B-42-2
United States 1919 2 produced
Of seven Shays operated by R. Connor & Co. of Marathon County, Wisconsin, two were of the two-truck 42-ton class. They were built in 1919 with works number 3039 and in 1920 with works number 3121. With an actual recorded empty weight of 75,700 and 76,200 pounds and an estimated service weight in excess or 90,000 pounds, they were among the heavier, later members of the 42-ton class. They were operated as Marathon County Railway numbers 4 and 15, but from June of 1928 the company was called Connor Land & Lumber Company. They were stored out of service in 1934.
Technical data
General
- Built
- 1919, 1920
- Manufacturers
- Lima
- Wheel arrangement
- 0-4-4-0T (Shay)
- Gauge
- 1,435 mm (Standard gauge)
Dimensions and weights
- Empty mass
- 34.3 t
- Service mass
- 42.3 t
- Adhesion mass
- 42.3 t
- Water capacity
- 5,905 l
- Fuel capacity
- 1.8 t (coal)
Power plant
- Driver diameter
- 749 mm
- Boiler pressure
- 12.4 bar
- Expansion type
- simple expansion
- Cylinders
- three, 254 x 305 mm
Power
- Power source
- steam
- Top speed
- 27 km/h
- Starting effort
- 75.1 kN
Calculated values
- Factor of adhesion
- 1 : 5.52
- Adhesive weight/Total
- 1 : 1.00
