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Denver & Rio Grande Western class C-16

No. 220 in 1920 in Embudo, New Mexico

The Denver & Rio Grande had the class 60N built by Grant and Baldwin as standard freight locomotives starting in 1877. These were Consolidations, which were tiny compared to later locomotives on the three-foot gauge ....

Denver & Rio Grande Western class C-16Remove
Variant
Grant
Built 1877-1882
Manufacturers Grant
Wheel arrangement 1D
Gauge 914 mm
Length
Service mass 27216 kg
Top speed
Power
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General

Property Denver & Rio Grande Western class C-16
Grant
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Built 1877-1882
Manufacturers Grant
Wheel arrangement 2-8-0 (Consolidation)
Gauge 914 mm

Dimensions and weights

Property Denver & Rio Grande Western class C-16
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Wheelbase 5.28 m
Total wheelbase 12.78 m
Service mass 27.2 t
Adhesion mass 22.7 t
Total mass 50.6 t
Rigid wheelbase 3.45 m
Axle load 5.7 t
Water capacity 9,464 l
Fuel capacity 5.4 t (coal)

Boiler

Property Denver & Rio Grande Western class C-16
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Grate area 1.301 m²
Firebox surface 6.689 m²
Tube heating surface 70.513 m²
Evaporative heating surface 77.203 m²
Total heating surface 77.2 m²

Power plant

Property Denver & Rio Grande Western class C-16
Grant
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Driver diameter 914 mm
Boiler pressure 9 bar
Expansion type simple expansion
Cylinders two, 381 x 508 mm

Power

Property Denver & Rio Grande Western class C-16
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Power source steam
Estimated power 164 kW
Starting effort 61.4 kN

Calculated values

Property Denver & Rio Grande Western class C-16
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Factor of adhesion 1 : 3.62
Optimal speed 16 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 6.0 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent 110.6 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE 1 : 1,046.87
Adhesive weight/Total 1 : 1.20
Tractive force/Heating surface 1 : 16.62
Grate area/Heating surface 1 : 59.34
Firebox/Tube surface 1 : 10.54
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