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Kansas City Southern class J
After the KCS had been a friend of Mallets for a long time, they procured a total of ten locomotives with the wheel arrangement 2-10-4 in 1937. Five each were coal and oil fired. This was the first time a boiler of th...
| Kansas City Southern class JRemove | |
|---|---|
| Variant | |
| Built | 1937 |
| Manufacturers | Lima |
| Wheel arrangement | 1E2 |
| Gauge | 1435 mm |
| Length | |
| Service mass | 233147 kg |
| Top speed | |
| Power | |
| Engine |
General
| Property | Kansas City Southern class JRemove |
|---|---|
| Built | 1937 |
| Manufacturers | Lima |
| Wheel arrangement | 2-10-4 (Texas) |
| Gauge | 1,435 mm |
Dimensions and weights
| Property | Kansas City Southern class JRemove |
|---|---|
| Wheelbase | 14.85 m |
| Total wheelbase | 30.00 m |
| Service mass | 233.1 t |
| Adhesion mass | 160.3 t |
| Total mass | 394 t |
| Rigid wheelbase | 7.42 m |
| Axle load | 34 t |
| Water capacity | 79,494 l |
| Fuel capacity | 27.2 t (coal) |
Boiler
| Property | Kansas City Southern class JRemove |
|---|---|
| Grate area | 9.941 m² |
| Firebox surface | 46.637 m² |
| Tube heating surface | 432.185 m² |
| Evaporative heating surface | 478.823 m² |
| Superheater surface | 192.774 m² |
| Total heating surface | 671.6 m² |
Power plant
| Property | Kansas City Southern class JRemove |
|---|---|
| Driver diameter | 1,778 mm |
| Boiler pressure | 21.4 bar |
| Expansion type | simple expansion |
| Cylinders | two, 686 x 864 mm |
Power
| Property | Kansas City Southern class JRemove |
|---|---|
| Power source | steam |
| Estimated power | 3,598 kW (4,892 PS) |
| Starting effort | 415.0 kN |
Calculated values
| Property | Kansas City Southern class JRemove |
|---|---|
| Factor of adhesion | 1 : 3.79 |
| Optimal speed | 53 km/h |
| Power-to-weight ratio | 15.4 kW/t |
| Heating Surface Equivalent | 1,097.6 m² |
| Cylinder volume/HSE | 1 : 581.30 |
| Adhesive weight/Total | 1 : 1.45 |
| Tractive force/Heating surface | 1 : 12.91 |
| Grate area/Heating surface | 1 : 67.56 |
| Firebox/Tube surface | 1 : 9.27 |
| Total/Superheater | 1 : 2.48 |
