Specifications Of 4-8-4 3751


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Price (In May of 1927):

Type:

Builder:

Service:

Driving Wheels:

Boiler Diameter:

Grate Area:

Cylinders:

Current Steam Pressure:

Wheel Base - Total:

Wheel Base - Engine:

Wheel Base - Driving:

Wheel Base - Rigid:

Weight:

Weight On Lead Truck:

Weight On Drivers:

Weight On Trailing Truck:

Driver Axle Loading:

Minimum Rail Size:

Minimum Switch Size:

Length:

Height:

Width:

Heating Surface:

Tractive Force:

Horsepower:

Fuel/Capacity:

Water Capacity:

Pulling Power:

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Speed Ratings:

Length of Runs:

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$99,712.77 (Santa Fe paid $252,335 for 2926 in 1944)

4-8-4 3751 Class, 14 engines built 3751-3764.

Baldwin’s Eddystone Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, PA.

Passenger and Freight (Dual Purpose).

73” from 1927 to 1941, 80” from 1941 to present.

88”

108 sq/ft.

30" x 30" With Wagner Bypass Valve

230 lbs.

Total 94’ 10.5”

46’ 9”

21' 3"

13' 10"

Engine 478,100 lbs., Tender 396,246 lbs., Total 874,346 lbs.

89,200 lbs.

278,000 lbs.

100,000 lbs.

72,000 lbs.

90 lbs per yard

#8

Engine and Tender 108’ 7”

16'

11'

5,634 sq/ft.

66,000 lbs. as built, 71,719 lbs. currently.

Boiler - 5,000 hp, Cylinders - 3,900 hp, Drawbar - 3,600 hp.

Coal 1927-36 (20 tons). Oil 7,101 gallons 1938-present.

15,000 gallons 1927-1938, 20,000 gallons 1938-present.

26 passenger cars, 1820 tons, level grade 65 m.p.h. or

15 passenger cars, 1050 tons, 2% grade, 20 m.p.h. or

105 freight cars, 5,949 tons, level grade, 45 m.p.h.

70 m.p.h. for 1927-1938. 90 m.p.h. for 1941-1953.

LA to La Junta, CO 1,235 miles.

LA to Kansas City, KS 1,789 miles.

LA to Wellington, KS 1,535 miles.


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