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Pennsylvania class CC2s

United States 1919 10 produced
Taylor Rush collection

In 1919, Baldwin built ten large 0-8-8-0 Mallets for the PRR. They were designated CC2s and like the CC1s prototype of 1912, they were intended as switchers on the hump yard, as pushers and for transfer services. There they had to run over grades of five percent and through tight curves. By designing the locomotive without leading or trailing axles, all the weight was used for adhesion. Curve negotiation was guaranteed by tight spacing of the relatively small wheels on each group.

Compared to the CC1s, the CC2s had a larger boiler, larger cylinders and smaller drivers with a diameter of only 51 inches. In the result, the starting tractive effort was nearly 100,000 pounds. In contrast to most PRR locomotives, they had no Belpaire firebox. Anyway, their fireboxes had a combustion chamber and arch tubes. They were scrapped between 1947 and 1949.

Technical data

General

Built
1919
Manufacturers
Baldwin
Wheel arrangement
0-8-8-0 (Angus (Mallet))
Gauge
1,435 mm (Standard gauge)

Dimensions and weights

Wheelbase
12.23 m
Total wheelbase
23.99 m
Service mass
207.8 t
Adhesion mass
207.8 t
Total mass
294.8 t
Rigid wheelbase
4.50 m
Axle load
26 t
Water capacity
37,854 l
Fuel capacity
18.1 t (coal)

Boiler

Grate area
8.947 m²
Firebox surface
36.325 m²
Tube heating surface
430.978 m²
Evaporative heating surface
467.303 m²
Superheater surface
130.622 m²
Total heating surface
597.9 m²

Power plant

Driver diameter
1,295 mm
Boiler pressure
15.5 bar
Expansion type
compound
Cylinders
four, HP: 660 x 711 mm and LP: 1,016 x 711 mm

Power

Power source
steam
Estimated power
2,834 kW (3,853 PS)
Starting effort
443.9 kN
Starting effort simple
532.7 kN

Calculated values

Factor of adhesion
1 : 4.59
Optimal speed
39 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio
13.6 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent
910.2 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE
1 : 1,168.80
Adhesive weight/Total
1 : 1.00
Tractive force/Heating surface
1 : 15.51
Grate area/Heating surface
1 : 66.83
Firebox/Tube surface
1 : 11.86
Total/Superheater
1 : 3.58
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