J2 and J3 information

J2 and J3 - General Information

Clarence Darden, the NC's Chief Mechanical Engineer designed both engines in Nashville and actually ended up with a patent or two for his design of a cast steel bed frame integral with cylinders, steam chests and various other engine parts cast into the one piece.

All 25 engines -- five J2's, Yellow Jackets #565-569, and twenty J3's, Stripes #570-590, --were built in Schenectady, NY by ALCO

While J2's and J3's were exclusively built and used by NC&St.L, their design features were later incorporated in steam engines built for every railroad in the U.S.

	J2	J3
Wheel Arrangement:	4-8-4	4-8-4
Drivers:	70" dia.	70" dia.
Weight on Drivers	220,000 lbs	228,000 lbs
Locomotive Weight:	381,000 lbs	400,500 lbs
Locomotive & Tender Weight:	575,000 lbs	685,500 lbs
Grate Area:	77.3 sq ft	77.3 sq ft
Cylinders (dia. x stroke):	(2) 25" x 30"	(2) 25" x 30"
Boiler Pressure:	250 psi	250 psi
Tractive Effort:	57,000 lbs	57,000 lbs
Tender Capacity: Water:	10,000 gals.	15,000 gals
Tender Capacity: Coal:	16 tons	16 tons

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