AMERICAN COMPOUND CONSOLIDATED ROAD LOCOMOTIVE 1899

     

    

     This engine was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Lehigh Valley R. R. and is capable of pulling 2000 tons exclusive of engine and tender.

     Cylinders are 17" and 28" by 30" stroke; driving wheels 62" diameter; total heating surface 2987 square feet; draw bar pull 47,900 lbs, and total weight of engine 175,000 lbs.

     These engines are used on the Buffalo division of the above road, where the grades average 20 feet per mile and are 35 miles long and do the work previously done by two engines.

 

 

 

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