12 heavy locomotives built by Baldwin Locomotive Works for Atlantic Coast Line Railroad to handle passenger trains between Richmond, Va, and Jacksonville, Fla; engines have cyl diam 27 in. and stroke 30 in.; total engine and tender wheelbase 97 ft 11 in.; boiler working pressure 275 lb per sq in.; grate area 97.75 sq ft; locomotive in working order weighs 205 tons 9 cwt; steam distribution is by means of 12 in. diam piston valves having max travel of 7 1/2 in. (See also Ry Gaz v 70 n 25 June 23 1939 p 1017-9; Ry Age v 105 n 26 Dec 24 1938 p 908-10 and 912)
New Atlantic Coast 4-8-4 locomotives
Ry Mech Engr
Railway Mechanical Engineer ; 112 , n 12
1938
5 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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New Atlantic Coast 4-8-4 locomotives
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