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Union Pacific class 9000

No. 9000 in March 1955 in North Platte, Nebraska

Since articulated freight locomotives in the 1920s did not yet reach the same speeds as ten-coupled locomotives, Union Pacific had the class 9000 developed with six coupled axles in one frame. The unique wheel arrange...

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Variant Standard
Built 1926-1930
Manufacturers ALCO
Wheel arrangement 2F1
Gauge 1435 mm
Length 31801 mm
Service mass 225209 kg
Top speed 97 km/h
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General

Property Union Pacific class 9000
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Built 1926-1930
Manufacturers ALCO
Wheel arrangement 4-12-2 (Union Pacific)
Gauge 1,435 mm

Dimensions and weights

Property Union Pacific class 9000
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Length 31.80 m
Wheelbase 15.95 m
Total wheelbase 27.89 m
Service mass 225.2 t
Adhesion mass 160.6 t
Total mass 366.1 t
Rigid wheelbase 9.35 m
Axle load 27.2 t
Water capacity 68,137 l
Fuel capacity 20 t (coal)

Boiler

Property Union Pacific class 9000
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Grate area 10.057 m²
Firebox surface 54.906 m²
Tube heating surface 488.856 m²
Evaporative heating surface 543.762 m²
Superheater surface 237.832 m²
Total heating surface 781.6 m²

Power plant

Property Union Pacific class 9000
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Driver diameter 1,702 mm
Boiler pressure 15.2 bar
Expansion type simple expansion
Cylinders three, 686 x 813 mm

Power

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Power source steam
Indicated power 3,665 kW (4,983 PS)
Top speed 97 km/h
Starting effort 434.4 kN

Calculated values

Property Union Pacific class 9000
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Factor of adhesion 1 : 3.63
Optimal speed 51 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 16.3 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent 1,294.0 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE 1 : 696.10
Adhesive weight/Total 1 : 1.40
Tractive force/Heating surface 1 : 11.61
Grate area/Heating surface 1 : 77.72
Firebox/Tube surface 1 : 8.90
Total/Superheater 1 : 2.29
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