Pennsylvania class D
United States 1852 11 produced
In principle, the PRR class D can be described as the first Moguls, but the leading axle was fixed in the frame. The driving axles with small wheel diameters were well spaced within the frame. The tender already had four axles, but only the first two were in a movable bogie and the rear ones were fixed in the frame.
Although the locomotives were generally described as being a good design, the smooth running was apparently not entirely convincing. This is the way to explain why the chassis was later rebuilt. Some locomotives were rebuilt to 4-4-0 with larger wheels. A third driving axle was installed later again, resulting in a 4-6-0 wheel arrangement. They were scrapped in the late 1860s.
Technical data
General
- Built
- 1852-1853
- Manufacturers
- Baldwin
- Wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0 (Mogul)
- Gauge
- 1,435 mm (Standard gauge)
Dimensions and weights
- Wheelbase
- 5.49 m
- Service mass
- 29.7 t
- Adhesion mass
- 21.2 t
- Rigid wheelbase
- 3.96 m
- Axle load
- 8.5 t
Boiler
- Grate area
- 1.31 m²
Power plant
- Driver diameter
- 1,118 mm
- Boiler pressure
- 5.2 bar
- Cylinders
- two, 457 x 559 mm
Power
- Estimated power
- 149 kW (203 PS)
Calculated values
- Optimal speed
- 19 km/h
- Power-to-weight ratio
- 5.0 kW/t
- Adhesive weight/Total
- 1 : 1.40