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Pennsylvania classes H8, H9 and H10

United States 1907 1233 produced
H10s No. 8811, built for the Vandalia Railroad, in July 1935 in Peoria, Illinois J.O. Riley, collection Taylor Rush

From 1907 onwards, the PRR started with procuring 540 Consolidations of classes H8 to H8c, most of which were still operated with saturated steam. In addition, 146 of them had already been built as H8sb or H8sc with superheaters. Most of the others were also soon superheated. From 1913 onwards, 274 H9s and 273 H10s followed, all of which had a superheater from the factory, most of which were similar to the superheated H8 and differed in the size of the valve ports. In addition, 312 H8 were rebuilt into H9s and 200 more H8 were rebuilt into H10s. Baldwin, the ALCO plants in Pittsburgh and Brooks, and the PRR Juniata shops in Altoona were involved in the production of the individual variants. The retirements began in 1933 and were completed by 1960.

Technical data

General

Property H8a H8sb H9s H10s
Built 1907-1913 1913-1914 1913-1916
Manufacturers Altoona, ALCO, Baldwin ALCO, Baldwin, Lima Baldwin, Altoona ALCO, Baldwin, Lima
Wheel arrangement 2-8-0 (Consolidation)
Gauge 1,435 mm (Standard gauge)

Dimensions and weights

Property H8a H8sb H9s H10s
Wheelbase 7.87 m
Total wheelbase 18.09 m 19.03 m 19.05 m 19.03 m
Service mass 109.3 t 114.5 t 113.4 t 113.2 t
Adhesion mass 98.2 t 102.1 t 99.8 t 102.9 t
Total mass 181.4 t 186.7 t 176.4 t 195.5 t
Rigid wheelbase 5.19 m
Axle load 28.3 t 27.7 t 28.3 t 27.2 t
Water capacity 26,498 l 34,069 l 30,662 l
Fuel capacity 11.3 t (coal) 15.4 t (coal)

Boiler

Property H8a H8sb H9s H10s
Grate area 5.118 m²
Firebox surface 17.837 m² 19.603 m²
Tube heating surface 339.282 m² 265.61 m²
Evaporative heating surface 357.12 m² 285.213 m²
Total heating surface 357.1 m² 342.2 m²
Superheater surface 56.95 m²

Power plant

Property H8a H8sb H9s H10s
Driver diameter 1,575 mm
Boiler pressure 14.1 bar
Expansion type simple expansion
Cylinders two, 610 x 711 mm two, 635 x 711 mm two, 660 x 711 mm

Power

Property H8a H8sb H9s H10s
Power source steam
Estimated power 1,417 kW (1,927 PS) 1,641 kW (2,231 PS) 1,715 kW (2,332 PS)
Starting effort 201.6 kN 218.8 kN 236.6 kN

Calculated values

Property H8a H8sb H9s H10s
Factor of adhesion 1 : 4.78 1 : 4.97 1 : 4.47 1 : 4.27
Optimal speed 43 km/h 50 km/h 47 km/h 45 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 13.0 kW/t 14.3 kW/t 14.5 kW/t 15.2 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent 446.3 m² 497.1 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE 1 : 930.19 1 : 835.09 1 : 906.13 1 : 980.07
Adhesive weight/Total 1 : 1.11 1 : 1.12 1 : 1.14 1 : 1.10
Tractive force/Heating surface 1 : 11.79 1 : 12.31 1 : 13.35 1 : 14.44
Grate area/Heating surface 1 : 69.78 1 : 66.85
Firebox/Tube surface 1 : 19.02 1 : 13.55
Total/Superheater 1 : 5.01
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