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#401 (1937.01)

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A builders photo and locomotive data for the class D-48 Mikado engines.

Engine 401 was one of a series of six locomotives built by Alco for the GB&W and KGB&W in 1937-39.  All six locos were retired from the roster in 1952.

Number 401 was the first to arrive on the Green Bay Route on February 5, 1937.  Its first trip in revenue service was on February 11 of that year.  It ushered in an era of  fast freight service on the GB&W, and was the typical power behind trains #1 and #2 until the coming of the diesel age.

Other Builders Photos:


401build.jpg (13582 bytes)

Here is the builder's information on the locomotive.

GAUGE
OF TRACK
CYLINDERS DRIVING
WHEEL
DIAMETER
BOILER FIRE BOX TUBES
Diam. Stroke Inside Dia. Pressure Length Width Number Diameter Length
4'-8 1/2" 22" 30" 64" 72 1/2" 245 lbs 114" 76 1/4" 150
40
2"
3 1/2"
18'-0"
WHEEL BASE WEIGHT IN WORKING ORDER - POUNDS
Driving Engine Engine & Tender Leading Driving Trailing Engine Tender
16'-9" 36'-11" 72'-2 1/2" 29,500 201,800 50,700 280,000 174,300
FUEL EVAPORATING SURFACES, SQUARE FT. SUPERHEATING SURFACE
SQ. FT
GRATE AREA
SQ. FT.
MAXIMUM TRACTIVE POWER FACTOR OF ADHESION
Kind Tubes Flues Fire Box Arch Tubes Total
Bit. Coal 1451 1007 251 26 2745 872 60.4 47,250 lbs 4.27
Tender Type, 8-Wheeled Capacity, Water, 9000 Gals. Fuel, 14 Tons
ORDER No. S-1762
January, 1937

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