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Delaware & Hudson No 1400, 1401 and 1402

No. 1400 “Horatio Allen”

Between 1924 and 1930, the Delaware & Hudson had three high-pressure locomotives with a 2-8-0 wheel arrangement built by ALCO-Schenectady. What they all had in common was the Mühlfeld boiler, which had a large water t...

Delaware & Hudson No 1400, 1401 and 1402Remove
Variant
1401
Built 1927
Manufacturers ALCO
Wheel arrangement 1D
Gauge 1435 mm
Length
Service mass 153000 kg
Top speed
Power
Engine

General

Property Delaware & Hudson No 1400, 1401 and 1402
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Built 1927
Manufacturers ALCO
Wheel arrangement 2-8-0 (Consolidation)
Gauge 1,435 mm

Dimensions and weights

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Wheelbase 8.84 m
Service mass 153 t
Adhesion mass 134.2 t
Total mass 291 t
Rigid wheelbase 5.49 m
Axle load 33.6 t
Water capacity 60,567 l
Fuel capacity 19.5 t (coal)

Boiler

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Grate area 7.618 m²
Firebox surface 112.691 m²
Tube heating surface 181.811 m²
Evaporative heating surface 294.503 m²
Superheater surface 65.032 m²
Total heating surface 359.5 m²

Power plant

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Driver diameter 1,448 mm
Boiler pressure 27.6 bar
Expansion type compound
Cylinders two, HP: 565 x 762 mm and LP: 975 x 762 mm

Power

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Power source steam
Indicated power 2,565 kW (3,487 PS)
Starting effort 295.0 kN
Starting effort simple 354.0 kN

Calculated values

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Factor of adhesion 1 : 4.46
Optimal speed 53 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 16.8 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent 988.0 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE 1 : 481.38
Adhesive weight/Total 1 : 1.14
Tractive force/Heating surface 1 : 17.13
Grate area/Heating surface 1 : 47.20
Firebox/Tube surface 1 : 1.61
Total/Superheater 1 : 4.53
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