CNW Class E-4

CNW Class E-4

Infobox Locomotive
name=CNW class E-4
powertype=Steam



caption=An E-4 at speed near Council Bluffs, Iowa.
builder=American Locomotive Company
builddate=1938
serialnumber=68982–68989, 69028
whytetype=4-6-4
gauge= 4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm)
driversize=84 in diameter (2.13 m)
retiredate=1953–1956
scrapdate = 1953–1961
numinclass = 9
railroad = Chicago and North Western Railway
roadnumber = #4001–4009
cylindercount = Two
cylindersize = 25 × 29 in (635 × 737 mm)
boilerpressure = convert|300|psi|MPa|2|abbr=on|lk=on
totalsurface = 3,958 ft² (368 m²)
superheatereare = 1,884 ft² (175 m²)
firearea = 90.7 ft² (8.4 m²)
fueltype = Coal
waterc

locotenderweight = 791,500 lb (359,000 kg)
weightondrivers = 216,000 lb (98,000 kg)
length = 101 ft 9¾ in (31.03 m)
disposition = All scrapped
tractiveeffort=convert|36050|lbf|kN|2|abbr=on|lk=on

The Chicago and North Western Railway's Class E-4 comprised nine coal-burning streamlined 4-6-4 "Hudson" steam locomotives built in 1938 by ALCO.

They were built to haul the road's famous "400" express passenger trains, but before they were even delivered the railroad's management decided that streamlined steam was the wrong direction and instead placed orders with General Motors Electro-Motive Division for new diesel locomotives. The displaced E-4s instead worked other trains until they were withdrawn from service in 1953. All were scrapped.

The nine E-4s were almost identical in specification and purpose to the Milwaukee Road's six class F7 locomotives, and they were built by the same builder at the same time, yet they were different in almost every detail of design.

References

[http://donsdepot.donrossgroup.net/dr1153.htm The Photos of the Chiago and Northwestern E-4 4-6-4's]


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