Maine Central class S 2-8-2

Maine Central class S

Type and origin
Reference:^[1]
Power type	Steam
Builder	ALCO
Build date	1914–1924
Total produced	32

Specifications
Configuration	2-8-2
UIC class	1'D1'
Gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm)
Leading dia.	33 in (838 mm)
Driver dia.	63 in (1,600 mm)
Trailing dia.	44 in (1,118 mm)
Wheelbase	34 ft 9 in (10.59 m)
Length	77 ft 9 in (23.70 m) including tender
Height	14 ft 7 ¹⁄₂ in (4.46 m)
Loco weight	275,000 lb (124.7 tonnes)
Total weight	431,000 lb (195.5 tonnes)
Fuel type	Coal
Fuel capacity	14 t
Water cap	8,000 US gal (30 m³)
Firebox: • Firegrate area	56.5 sq ft (5.25 m²)
Boiler pressure	180 lbf/in² (13 kg/cm²)
Cylinders	Two
Cylinder size	26.5 in × 30 in (673 mm × 762 mm)
Valve gear	Walschaerts

Performance figures
Tractive effort	51,200 lbf (227.7 kN)

Career
Retired	1953

Maine Central Railroad Class S locomotives were intended for heavy freight service. They were of 2-8-2 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or " 1'D1' " in UIC classification. They replaced earlier class W 2-8-0 locomotives beginning in 1914. They were the largest and most modern steam freight locomotives built for Maine Central; although former Boston and Maine Railroad 2-10-2s were later purchased to handle World War II freight traffic.^[1] Class S locomotives pulled freight trains over the main line between Portland and Bangor, Maine; and are best remembered for service on the Mountain Division from 1929, when the class X Mallet locomotives were scrapped, until replacement by diesel locomotives in the early 1950s.^[2]

Sub-classes

All were built in American Locomotive Company's plant at Schenectady, New York and were numbered from 601 to 632 as delivered. Builders numbers 54571-54573 were delivered in 1914, 55020-55026 in 1915, 56502-56507 in 1916, and 57879-57882 in 1918. The United States Railroad Administration specified the USRA Light Mikado design for builders numbers 60933 through 60938 delivered in 1919. These six locomotives numbered 621 through 626 were designated sub-class S-1. The final six locomotives (builders numbers 65548-65553) delivered in 1924 returned to the original design with the addition of a booster engine which raised locomotive weight to 298,000 lb (135.2 tonnes). Booster engines raised tractive effort to 60,400 lbf (268.7 kN) and were subsequently added to engines 605, 606, 609, 611, 615, 616, and 626.^[1]

Replacement

Class A 2-10-2s were numbered 651 through 658.^[1] When the Maine Central began purchasing diesel locomotives, EMD F3s were numbered in the 600 series reserved for main line freight locomotives.^[3]

References

1 2 3 4 Robertson, Edwin B. (1977). Maine Central Steam Locomotives. Westbrook, Maine: Edwin B. Robertson. pp. 50–55.
↑ Thurlow, Clinton F. (1965). Over the Rails by Steam (A Railroad Scrapbook). Clinton F. Thurlow. pp. 49–56.
↑ Robertson, Edwin B. (1978). Maine Central Diesel Locomotives. Edwin B. Robertson. pp. 54&57.

Maine Central Railroad Company

Lines	Main Line Bar Harbor Beecher Falls Belfast Bingham Brunswick Bucksport Calais Eastport Farmington Foxcroft Harmony Hartland Kineo Lewiston Livermore Falls Mountain Princeton Rangeley Rockland Rumford Skowhegan Vanceboro

Subsidiaries	Bridgton and Saco River Railroad Northeast Airlines Portland Terminal Company Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad

Named Trains	Bar Harbor Express Flying Yankee Gull

Steam Locomotives	Class C 4-6-2 470 Class H 4-4-0 Class K 0-6-0 Class L 4-4-0 Class M 2-6-0 Class N 4-6-0 Class O 4-6-0 Class P 2-6-0 Class S 2-8-2 Class W 2-8-0 501 519

Diesel Locomotives	Class DF EMD F3 Class DP EMD E7 Class DRS road switcher Class DS-1 yard switcher Class DS-4 branch line switcher

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