PRR D3
PRR D3 | |
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PRR D3 #274 in its builders' portrait. | |
Type and origin | |
Power type | Steam |
Builder | PRR Altoona Works |
Build date | 1869–1881 |
Total produced | 67 |
Specifications | |
Configuration | 4-4-0 |
UIC classification | 2′B |
Gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
Leading wheel diameter | 28 in (711 mm) (D2a)[1] |
Driver diameter | 62 in (1,575 mm)[1] |
Wheelbase | 22 ft 5 5⁄8 in (6.85 m)[1] |
Length | 54 ft 5.44 in (16.60 m)[1] |
Width | 9 ft 0.94 in (2.77 m)[1] |
Height | 14 ft 8 in (4.47 m)[1] |
Weight on drivers | 50,950 lb (23.1 tonnes)[1] |
Locomotive weight | 79,100 lb (35.9 tonnes)[1] |
Tender weight | 51,400 lb (23.3 tonnes)[1] |
Locomotive and tender combined weight | 130,500 lb (59.2 tonnes)[1] |
Tender type | Eight-wheel with water scoop |
Fuel type | Soft coal |
Fuel capacity | 8,000 lb (3.6 tonnes)[1] |
Water capacity | 2,400 US gal (9,100 l; 2,000 imp gal)[1] |
The Pennsylvania Railroad's steam locomotive class D3 (formerly Class C, pre-1895) comprised sixty-seven 4-4-0 locomotives intended for general passenger and freight service, constructed at the railroad's own Altoona Works during 1869–1881.[2] They were the third standardized class of locomotives on the railroad and the most numerous of the early standard types; they shared many parts with other standard classes.[3]
This design differed from the Class A (later D1) mainly in its smaller drivers for greater tractive effort for freight haulage. Like all the early standardized 4-4-0s on the PRR, the Class C had a wagon-top boiler with steam dome and a firebox between the two driving axles.[2][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 Pennsylvania Railroad. "Class D3 diagram". PRR.Railfan.net. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "PRR Steam Roster". Northeast Rails. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
- ↑ Dredge, James (1879). The Pennsylvania Railroad. London: Engineering magazine.
- ↑ Warner, Paul T. (1924). Motive Power Development on the Pennsylvania Railroad System. Philadelphia: Baldwin Locomotive Works.
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