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Mike Stevens

Mike Stevens

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I know some of you are train buffs. A friend sent me a picture of a BIG steam locomotive. The picture was taken between 1939-1943. The number on the top of the locomotive is 3034. I grew up watching some of the last steam trains stop in our town. All of them seemed big but this one is bigger than anything I seem to remember seeing at the Big Four Depot in town. So train buffs, is there somewhere I can find more info on this big engine?
Thanks,
Mike
 
What is its wheel configuration? If its 4-8-4 (8 big drive wheels in the middle) there was a Chicago and North Western locomotive with that number around that time. Certainly big (probably the biggest with that wheel configuration), but not the biggest loco out there.

Here are a bunch of them, including 3034:

http://abpr.railfan.net/abprphoto.cgi?//july98/07-06-98/cxnw001.jpg

http://www.steamlocomotive.com/northern/?page=cnw

NA61.jpg


NA60.jpg
 
3034 ( Northern Type 4-8-4?)

Theres a post about trains that they kept operating down in Mexico and one of them had a 3034 series number, Lots of stats but the pics don't open on my computer.

http://www.rypn.org/articles/single.php?filename=041114015159.txt



Official Diagram Statistics

Number series -- NdeM 3025 to 3056
Number of engines, 32
Built by ALCO, 3025 to 3032, and 3049 to 3056 --- Baldwin, 3033 to 3048
Placed in service, August through November, 1946
Working pressure, 250 psi
Weight, 285 tons
Factor of adhesion, 4.2
Tractive effort at 85% boiler pressure, 57,000 pounds
2800 Horsepower
25" x 30" cylinders
Walschaert valve gear
Diameter of driver centers, 66" (Overall driver diameter is 70")
Westinghouse ET-8 automatic air brake
Overall height 15' 4 7/8"
Timken Roller Bearings, integral engine bed
Tender water capacity, 15,000 gallons --- oil, 6.000 gallons
Rigid wheelbase 18' 3", Compensated 12' 2"


theres a link here that describes the class in detail and has a pic:

http://www.steamlocomotive.com/northern/

http://www.steamlocomotive.com/northern/ndem3034-1.jpg
 
Mike, I had a great visit with Jim & Sharon Tighe, and Todd today. They were all here to visit & Jim stored his hearse in my shop for winter. Jim talked alot of railroad talk after seeing the tracks across the street. There's an old metal signal tower within a stone's throw of here and he told all about how they used to work & what they were used for.
Jim is a huge railroad fan and would be a wealth of information to you when talking trains. As for your question... a quick Google search yielded some info on engine #3034:

Engine 3034, Class H, was built by Baldwin in November 1929, #61126. It was rebuilt on September 12, 1947, as Class H-1 and retired on May 13, 1953.

Wheel Arrangement: 4-8-4
Length: 103' -4"
Drivers: 76" dia.
Weight on Drivers: 288,000 lbs
Locomotive Weight: 498,000 lbs
Locomotive & Tender Weight: 818,000 lbs
Grate Area: 100 sq ft
Cylinders (dia. x stroke): (2) 27" x 32"
Boiler Pressure: 275 psi
Tractive Effort: 71,800 lbs
Tender Capacity: 18,000 gals. of water and 20 tons of coal.
Click to expand...
 
trains and thanks

Thank you all for the info. I will look up those links.
I knew Jim was THE train buff. I sent an email to him and it came back saying his mail box was full.
Mike

:thankyou2:
 
Big boy

I think the largest was Big Boy. It makes all the others look small. I have lots of picture books if you want to stop by.:D
 
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