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Seaboard Air Line class T60-I4

United States 1896 17 produced
Railway and Locomotive Engineering, January 1897

The class T60-I4, numbered 552 to 568, were 17 4-6-0 freight locomotives built by the Pittsburgh Locomotive Works in 1896. Designed by W.T. Reed, they had small drivers of 58 inches and cylinders of 19 by 24 inches. No. 559 was sold to the Raleigh & Charleston in 1917. Of the other 16 locomotives, around one half was retired in 1922 and 1923 and the rest between 1928 to 1930.

Technical data

General

Built
1896
Manufacturers
Pittsburgh
Wheel arrangement
4-6-0 (Ten-wheeler)
Gauge
1,435 mm (Standard gauge)

Dimensions and weights

Wheelbase
6.68 m
Total wheelbase
14.71 m
Service mass
59.5 t
Adhesion mass
47.5 t
Total mass
96.1 t
Rigid wheelbase
3.58 m
Axle load
18.1 t
Water capacity
15,142 l

Boiler

Grate area
2.174 m²
Firebox surface
13.378 m²
Tube heating surface
134.524 m²
Evaporative heating surface
147.902 m²
Total heating surface
147.9 m²

Power plant

Driver diameter
1,473 mm
Boiler pressure
12.4 bar
Expansion type
simple expansion
Cylinders
two, 483 x 610 mm

Power

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

Calculated values

Factor of adhesion
1 : 4.59
Optimal speed
35 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio
10.0 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent
214.8 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE
1 : 1,038.30
Adhesive weight/Total
1 : 1.25
Tractive force/Heating surface
1 : 14.36
Grate area/Heating surface
1 : 68.03
Firebox/Tube surface
1 : 10.06
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