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work type
negative
work date
26 March 1921
repository
Digital Library and Archives (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
repository place
Blacksburg, Virginia
related work
Ms88-120
notes
Neg. no. 4794.Test train of 70 high side loaded hopper cars. Norfolk and Western Dynamometer car directly behind locomotive. Class Y-3 with 2-8-8-0 wheel arrangement.
Builder American Loco, June 1919 as 1 of 45. Cost 82483
Tractive power - simple - 123971 and compound 107373 lbs.
Driving wheels - 57"
Boiler pressure - 240 lbs
Grate area - 96.3 sq. ft.
Cylinder sizes - 25 x 35 x 32"
Weight on drivers 478000
engine 531000
tender 212000
Tender capacity - 16 tons coal and 12000 gallons water
Dismantled 12/20/1957
Compiled AMBSr, 1/289/1975