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Great Indian Peninsula class D/4

The class D/4 of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway was a 4-6-0 locomotive for passenger and mail service with a driver diameter of 74 inches. Essentially, it was a superheated version of the BESA HP standard design. ...

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Variant Standard
Built 1912
Manufacturers Vulcan Foundry
Wheel arrangement 2C
Gauge 1676 mm
Length
Service mass 72139 kg
Top speed
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General

Property Great Indian Peninsula class D/4
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Built 1912
Manufacturers Vulcan Foundry
Wheel arrangement 4-6-0 (Ten-wheeler)
Gauge 1,676 mm

Dimensions and weights

Property Great Indian Peninsula class D/4
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Wheelbase 8.31 m
Total wheelbase 15.75 m
Service mass 72.1 t
Adhesion mass 52.3 t
Total mass 119.4 t
Rigid wheelbase 4.34 m
Axle load 17.5 t
Water capacity 18,185 l
Fuel capacity 8.1 t (coal)

Boiler

Property Great Indian Peninsula class D/4
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Grate area 2.973 m²
Firebox surface 14.121 m²
Tube heating surface 134.431 m²
Evaporative heating surface 148.552 m²
Superheater surface 37.812 m²
Total heating surface 186.4 m²

Power plant

Property Great Indian Peninsula class D/4
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Driver diameter 1,880 mm
Boiler pressure 11 bar
Expansion type simple expansion
Cylinders two, 521 x 660 mm

Power

Property Great Indian Peninsula class D/4
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Power source steam
Estimated power 858 kW (1,167 PS)
Starting effort 89.3 kN

Calculated values

Property Great Indian Peninsula class D/4
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Factor of adhesion 1 : 5.75
Optimal speed 60 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 11.9 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent 294.8 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE 1 : 954.12
Adhesive weight/Total 1 : 1.38
Tractive force/Heating surface 1 : 10.01
Grate area/Heating surface 1 : 62.69
Firebox/Tube surface 1 : 9.52
Total/Superheater 1 : 3.93
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