My dad’s engine was 1756 and the other engine in the wreck was 1837. Below are the details of the Mikado nicknamed "Mike" W-3 Class engine.
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NP Class W-3 |
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Wheel Arrangement |
2-8-2 |
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Road Numbers |
1700-1834 |
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Builder |
Alco-Brooks |
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Year Built |
1913 |
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Cylinders |
(2) 28" x 30" |
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Boiler Pressure |
180 psi |
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Driver Diameter |
63" |
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Tractive Effort |
57120 lbs |
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Grate Area |
70.3 sq ft |
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Weight on Drivers |
247000 lbs |
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Locomotive Weight |
337000 lbs |
These enlarged versions of the basic W class showed the effects of superheating on the layout of tubes and flues; 4 arch tubes of 3 1/2" diameter supported the firebox's brick arch. They also had outside-frame trailing trucks as well as extended piston rods (ahead of the front of the cylinder) to decrease wear on the bottoms of the pistons and hence the cylinders. Compared to the Q-5 Pacific’s built by Brooks in 1920, these Mikes had slightly larger boilers, but less firebox heating surface.
Ten of this class later went to the Spokane, Portland & Seattle.
The Mikado engine was built to be sent to Japan, They never made it it over there. I don't know the reason why.