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Central Vermont class U-1a
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United States | 1927
4 produced
No. 603 in 1952 with the “Ambassador”
No. 603 in 1952 with the “Ambassador”
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The Central Vermont operated four 4-8-2 “Mountain” locomotives which had been ordered by the parent Canadian National and leased to this railroad. Built in May 1927 by ALCO-Schenectady, they had the works numbers 67335 to 67338 and got the running numbers 600 to 603. With a driver diameter of 73 inches, they were intended for passenger trains like the “Ambassador”, but sometimes also had to haul freight trains. The 384 square feet of the firebox included a combustion chamber of 54 inches in length, 14 square feet of arch tubes and two thermic syphons with a total of 76 square feet

They featured Walschaerts valve gear, a stoker built by the Standard Stoker Co. and a Coffin feed water heater. The boiler pressure was later raised from 200 to 210 psi. Originally they had tenders which carried 10,000 gallons of water and 14 tons of coal. Later, they had new or modified tenders with only 9,550 gallons of water, but 18 tons of coal. Three were retired in 1956 and the fourth one in 1957.

General
Built1927
ManufacturerALCO
Wheel arr.4-8-2 (Mountain) 
Gauge4 ft 8 1/2 in (Standard gauge)
Dimensions and Weights
Length87 ft 7 3/4 in
Wheelbase42 ft 1 in
Rigid wheelbase19 ft 7 in
Total wheelbase76 ft 11 1/2 in
Empty weight293,200 lbs
Service weight326,100 lbs
Adhesive weight215,500 lbs
Total weight526,160 lbs
Water capacity9,550 us gal
Fuel capacity36,000 lbs (coal)
Boiler
Grate area66.8 sq ft
Firebox area384 sq ft
Tube heating area3,472 sq ft
Evaporative heating area3,856 sq ft
Superheater area968 sq ft
Total heating area4,824 sq ft
Power Plant
Driver diameter73 in
Boiler pressure210 psi
Expansion typesimple
Cylinderstwo, 26 x 28 in
Power
Power sourcesteam
Estimated power3,250 hp (2,424 kW)
Starting effort46,283 lbf
Calculated Values
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passenger
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last changed: 04/2026
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Central Vermont 1957 Loco Diagrams
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