Commonwealth Railways CA class

Commonwealth Railways CA class

CA79 at Port Augusta, c 1945

CA79 at Port Augusta, c 1945
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Builder Baldwin Locomotive Works
Build date 1905/1907
Specifications
Configuration 4-6-0
Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Driver diameter 73 in (1,854 mm)
Length 62 ft 4 in (19.00 m)
Axle load 20 long tons 4 cwt (45,200 lb or 20.5 t)
Fuel type Coal
Water cap 5,000 imp gal (22,730 l)
Tender cap 9 long tons 0 cwt (20,200 lb or 9.1 t) coal
Firebox:
 • Firegrate area		 34.6 sq ft (3.2 m2)
Boiler pressure 190 psi (1.31 MPa)
Superheater:
 • Heating area		 400 sq ft (37.2 m2)
Cylinders 2
Cylinder size 22 in × 26 in (559 mm × 660 mm)
Valve gear Southern (CA78), Baker (CA79)
Performance figures
Tractive effort 27,840 lbf (123.8 kN)
Career
Operators Commonwealth Railways
Number in class 2
Numbers CA78–CA79
First run August 1943
Withdrawn May 1950
Disposition Both scrapped

The Commonwealth Railways CA class was a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotives purchased by the Commonwealth Railways, Australia, from the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (NH), USA, through Lend-Lease during World War II.

The two locomotives in the class, CA78 and CA79, had been built in 1907 and 1905, respectively, by Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, USA, and had been part of NH's G-4a class.[1] They arrived in Australia in August 1943 and were used on the Trans-Australian Railway. CA78 was withdrawn in 1945 and CA79 in 1950. Both were scrapped in 1956.

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Fluck, Marshall & Wilson 1996, pp. 42–43.

Bibliography

  • Fluck, Ronald E; Marshall, Barry; Wilson, John (1996). Locomotives and Railcars of the Commonwealth Railways. Welland, SA: Gresley Publishing. ISBN 1876216018. 

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