PRR D15

PRR D15
PRR #1515 in its official builders' portrait.
Power type Steam
Builder PRR Altoona Shops[1]
Build date 1892[1]
Total produced 1
Configuration 4-4-0
UIC classification 2′B nv2
Gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Leading wheel
diameter		 42 in (1,067 mm)[2]
Driver diameter 84 in (2,134 mm)[2]
Wheelbase Coupled: 8 ft 0 in (2.44 m),
Loco: 27 ft 9 1⁄4 in (8.46 m),
Loco & tender: 48 ft 1 in (14.66 m)[2]
Length 59 ft 7.8 in (18,181 mm)[2]
Height 14 ft 11.5 in (4,559 mm)[2]
Axle load 48,500 lb (22.0 tonnes)[2]
Weight on drivers 84,000 lb (38.1 tonnes)[2]
Locomotive weight 145,500 lb (66.0 tonnes)[2]
Locomotive & tender
combined weight		 222,500 lb (100.9 tonnes)[2]
Fuel type Soft coal
Fuel capacity 15,000 lb (6.8 tonnes)[2]
Water capacity 3,000 US gal (11,000 l; 2,500 imp gal)[2]
Boiler pressure 205 lbf/in² (1.41 MPa)
Firegrate area 30 sq ft (2.8 m2)[2]
Heating surface:
Tubes		 1,662 sq ft (154.4 m2)[2]
Heating surface:
Firebox		 163 sq ft (15.1 m2)[2]
Heating surface:
Total		 1,825 sq ft (169.5 m2)[2]
Cylinders 2 (Lindner compound)
High-pressure
cylinder size		 19.5 × 28 in (495 × 711 mm)
Low-pressure
cylinder size		 31 × 28 in (787 × 711 mm)
Valve gear Stephenson
Tractive effort 20,800 lbf (92.52 kN)
Factor of
adhesion		 4.04
Career Pennsylvania Railroad
Class D15
Number in class 1
Number 1515

The class D15 (class T, pre 1895) of the Pennsylvania Railroad comprised a solitary Lindner-system cross compound steam locomotive of 4-4-0 "American" wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation. The sole locomotive was #1515, built in 1892; it had rather British lines with a full-length footplate and splashers, and large 84 in (2,134 mm) drivers.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Chamberlin, Clint. "PRR Steam Roster". Northeast Rails. http://www.northeast.railfan.net/prr_steam2.html. Retrieved 2007-12-30. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Pennsylvania Railroad. "PRR D15 diagram". PRR.Railfan.net. http://prr.railfan.net/diagrams/PRRdiagrams.html?diag=d15_oldt_comp.gif&sel=ste&sz=sm&fr=. Retrieved 2007-12-30. 
  3. ^ Staufer, Alvin F. and Pennypacker, Bert (1962). Pennsy Power: Steam And Electric Locomotives of the Pennsylvania Railroad 1900–1957. Staufer. LCCN 62-20878. 
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