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Grand Trunk class K-3

Canada 1910 70 produced
No. 5588 "Spirit of Windsor" on display in Windsor, Ontario SoftwareSimian CC BY-SA 4.0

The K-3 was a series of 70 Pacifics delivered between 1910 and 1913 to the Grand Trunk. They had been built by Baldwin, Montreal Locomotive Works and the GT's own workshops. There were several batches from K-3-a to K-3-g which differed mainly in the valve gear. They later got thermic syphons, what increased their firebox heating surface by around 50 square feet. The specs given below already include the thermic syphons. The K-3-g differed from the others by having more boiler tubes and a cylinder diameter that was one inch smaller. The class was retired between 1950 and 1961. No. 5588 "Spirit of Windsor" is the only one that has been preserved, it can be found on display at Windsor, Ontario.

Technical data

General

Built
1910-1913
Manufacturers
Baldwin, Grand Trunk, Montreal Locomotive Works
Wheel arrangement
4-6-2 (Pacific)
Gauge
1,435 mm (Standard gauge)

Dimensions and weights

Wheelbase
10.11 m
Total wheelbase
18.99 m
Service mass
103.9 t
Adhesion mass
67.8 t
Total mass
175.5 t
Rigid wheelbase
4.06 m
Axle load
22.6 t
Water capacity
30,283 l
Fuel capacity
13.6 t (coal)

Boiler

Grate area
4.703 m²
Firebox surface
21.461 m²
Tube heating surface
203.829 m²
Evaporative heating surface
225.29 m²
Superheater surface
53.698 m²
Total heating surface
279.0 m²

Power plant

Driver diameter
1,854 mm
Boiler pressure
13.4 bar
Expansion type
simple expansion
Cylinders
two, 584 x 711 mm

Power

Power source
steam
Estimated power
1,417 kW (1,927 PS)
Starting effort
149.6 kN

Calculated values

Factor of adhesion
1 : 4.45
Optimal speed
58 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio
13.6 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent
440.0 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE
1 : 866.54
Adhesive weight/Total
1 : 1.53
Tractive force/Heating surface
1 : 11.20
Grate area/Heating surface
1 : 59.32
Firebox/Tube surface
1 : 9.50
Total/Superheater
1 : 4.20
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