Baldwin 60000

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Baldwin 60000
Baldwin 60000 in the Franklin Institute
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Baldwin Locomotive Works Serial number 60000 Model 16-3-48/48-1/4-F Build date 1926
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 4-10-2  • UIC 2′E1′ h3v Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge Leading dia. 33 in (838 mm) Driver dia. 63.5 in (1,613 mm) Trailing dia. 45.5 in (1,156 mm) Adhesive weight 338,400 lb (153,500 kg; 153.5 t) Loco weight 457,500 lb (207,500 kg; 207.5 t) Total weight 700,900 lb (317,900 kg; 317.9 t) Fuel type Coal (Briefly converted to oil) Fuel capacity 32,000 lb (15,000 kg; 15 t) Water cap. 12,000 US gallons (45,000 L; 10,000 imp gal) Firebox: ​  • Grate area 82.5 sq ft (7.66 m2) Boiler 84 in (2,134 mm) Boiler pressure 350 psi (2.41 MPa) Heating surface: ​  • Firebox 745 sq ft (69.2 m2)  • Tubes and flues 5,192 sq ft (482.4 m2) Superheater: ​  • Heating area 1,357 sq ft (126.1 m2) Cylinders Center: 1 HP Outside: 2 LP High-pressure cylinder 27 in × 32 in (686 mm × 813 mm) Low-pressure cylinder 27 in × 32 in (686 mm × 813 mm) Valve type 14 in (356 mm) piston valves
Performance figures Maximum speed 70 mph (110 km/h) Power output 4,515 hp (3.37 MW) Tractive effort 82,500 lbf (367.0 kN)
Career Operators Baldwin Locomotive Works Nicknames Baldwin Boomer Retired Stored: 1928, Sold: 1933 Current owner Franklin Institute Science Museum Disposition Indoor stationary display - until the mid 2010s, it moved back and forth 15 feet (4.6 m) on a short track powered by hydraulics[1]

Baldwin 60000 is an experimental steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Eddystone, Pennsylvania, in 1926, during the height of the railroading industry. It received its number for being the 60,000th locomotive built by Baldwin.^[2]

It was designed to be the best locomotive that Baldwin ever made. It has three cylinders, weighs about 350 short tons (318 t; 313 long tons), including tender, and can pull a load of up to 7,000 short tons (6,400 t; 6,200 long tons). Its top speed is 70 mph (110 km/h).^{[citation needed]}

60000 was highly innovative, carrying unusual technology such as a water-tube firebox. This was intended to improve efficiency but the tubes were prone to burst inside the firebox. It is also a compound, expanding the steam once in the inside cylinder and then again in the two outside cylinders. Although compounding increases efficiency, it was an extra complication that the US railroads had mostly rejected by the middle twenties.^[3] The weight and length of the engine were too much for all but the heaviest and straightest tracks.

This locomotive was experimental and was meant to be the model for future development. However, its demonstration runs never persuaded railroads to purchase more. In 1933, it was donated to the Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania^[1] and remains there today.