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Alton & Southern No. 10, 11, 13 and 14
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United States | 1928
4 produced
Ex No. 14 St. Louis & Ohio River No. 2 in September 1937 at East St. Louis, Illinois
Ex No. 14 St. Louis & Ohio River No. 2 in September 1937 at East St. Louis, Illinois
Arthur B. Johnson collection

The Alton & Southern was owned by the Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA) and connected St. Louis, Missouri with East St. Louis, Illinois. Between 1925 and 1928, ALCO-Schenectady built four similar Mikados for this railroad with 55-inch drivers. All had cylinders of 25 by 30 inches and a grate area of 66.8 square feet. Numbers 10 and 11 were completed in 1925, followed by 13 in 1917 with slightly less heating surface. No 14, soon renumbered to 2, was built in 1928. It had a firebox heating surface of 296 instead of 243 square feet thanks to thermic syphons. All these locomotives were retired in 1950.

General
Built1928
ManufacturerALCO
Wheel arr.2-8-2 (Mikado) 
Gauge4 ft 8 1/2 in (Standard gauge)
Dimensions and Weights
Length78 ft 1 in
Wheelbase33 ft 5 in
Rigid wheelbase15 ft
Total wheelbase65 ft 6 1/2 in
Service weight274,500 lbs
Adhesive weight200,000 lbs
Total weight463,500 lbs
Axle load50,000 lbs
Water capacity9,000 us gal
Fuel capacity28,000 lbs (coal)
Boiler
Grate area66.8 sq ft
Firebox area303 sq ft
Tube heating area3,095 sq ft
Evaporative heating area3,398 sq ft
Superheater area916 sq ft
Total heating area4,314 sq ft
Power Plant
Driver diameter55 in
Boiler pressure190 psi
Expansion typesimple
Cylinderstwo, 25 x 30 in
Power
Power sourcesteam
Estimated power2,750 hp (2,051 kW)
Starting effort55,057 lbf
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