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Pennsylvania Railroad class D15

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PRR D15
PRR #1515 in its official builders' portrait.
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte4-4-0
 • UIC2'D
Wheelbase22 feet 11.25 inches (6,990 mm)
Boiler pressure205 psi (14.1 bar)
Cylinders2 (Lindner compound)
High-pressure cylinder19.5×28 in (495×711 mm)
Low-pressure cylinder31×28 in (787×711 mm)
Performance figures
Tractive effort20,800 pounds ([convert: unit mismatch])
Career
Power classsteam

The class D15 (class T, pre 1895) of the Pennsylvania Railroad comprised a solitary Lindner-system cross compound steam locomotive of 4-4-0 "American" wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation. The sole locomotive was #1515, built in 1892; it had rather British lines with a full-length footplate and splashers, and large 84 in (2,100 mm) drivers.[1]

References

  1. ^ Staufer, Alvin F. and Pennypacker, Bert (1962). Pennsy Power: Steam And Electric Locomotives of the Pennsylvania Railroad 1900-1957. Staufer. LOC 62-20878.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)