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Seaboard Air Line class Q-3

United States 1923 117 produced
No. 424 taking water at Hamlet, North Carolina in June 1938 collection Greg Maxwell

After the Seaboard Air Line had already put ten USRA Light Mikados into service as class Q-1, a total of 117 copies were built as the Q-3 from 1923 onwards. They differed from the USRA locomotives primarily in the firebox and had a longer wheelbase between the leading axle and the first driver. They also had a mechanical stoker and a booster on the trailing axle. After the 117 locomotives had been built by ALCO and Baldwin by 1926, the SAL manufactured number 451 in its own workshops in 1930. This was created from the frame of 441, which had fallen victim to a boiler explosion. The last Q-3 disappeared in 1955.

Technical data

General

Built
1923-1926, 1931
Manufacturers
ALCO, Baldwin, SAL
Wheel arrangement
2-8-2 (Mikado)
Gauge
1,435 mm (Standard gauge)

Dimensions and weights

Wheelbase
11.53 m
Total wheelbase
22.82 m
Service mass
136.1 t
Adhesion mass
96.2 t
Total mass
222.5 t
Rigid wheelbase
5.11 m
Axle load
24 t
Water capacity
36,340 l
Fuel capacity
14.5 t (coal)

Boiler

Grate area
5.871 m²
Firebox surface
27.035 m²
Tube heating surface
324.696 m²
Evaporative heating surface
351.731 m²
Superheater surface
81.941 m²
Total heating surface
433.7 m²

Power plant

Driver diameter
1,600 mm
Boiler pressure
13.8 bar
Expansion type
simple expansion
Cylinders
two, 660 x 762 mm

Power

Power source
steam
Estimated power
2,163 kW (2,941 PS)
Starting effort
243.4 kN
Starting effort booster
46.706 kN

Calculated values

Factor of adhesion
1 : 3.88
Optimal speed
55 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio
15.9 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent
650.8 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE
1 : 802.14
Adhesive weight/Total
1 : 1.42
Tractive force/Heating surface
1 : 11.72
Grate area/Heating surface
1 : 73.87
Firebox/Tube surface
1 : 12.01
Total/Superheater
1 : 4.29
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