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East Broad Top No. 12

In June 1961 in Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania

The East Broad Top operated six Mikados, all of which survive to this day. The oldest of these is No. 12, which was christened “Millie”. Like her newer sisters, she had 48-inch diameter drivers, but was lighter and ha...

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Variant Standard
Built 1911
Manufacturers Baldwin
Wheel arrangement 1D1
Gauge 914 mm
Length
Service mass 50802 kg
Top speed
Power
Engine

General

Property East Broad Top No. 12
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Built 1911
Manufacturers Baldwin
Wheel arrangement 2-8-2 (Mikado)
Gauge 914 mm

Dimensions and weights

Property East Broad Top No. 12
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Wheelbase 7.98 m
Total wheelbase 14.90 m
Service mass 50.8 t
Adhesion mass 39.9 t
Total mass 78 t
Rigid wheelbase 3.96 m
Axle load 10 t
Water capacity 11,356 l
Fuel capacity 5.4 t (coal)

Boiler

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Grate area 2.991 m²
Firebox surface 10.219 m²
Tube heating surface 146.415 m²
Evaporative heating surface 156.635 m²
Total heating surface 156.6 m²

Power plant

Property East Broad Top No. 12
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Driver diameter 1,219 mm
Boiler pressure 12.4 bar
Expansion type simple expansion
Cylinders two, 432 x 610 mm

Power

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Power source steam
Estimated power 597 kW (812 PS)
Starting effort 98.3 kN

Calculated values

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Factor of adhesion 1 : 3.98
Optimal speed 37 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 11.8 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent 207.7 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE 1 : 859.47
Adhesive weight/Total 1 : 1.27
Tractive force/Heating surface 1 : 13.11
Grate area/Heating surface 1 : 52.37
Firebox/Tube surface 1 : 14.33
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