Sumter & Choctaw 102

Sumter & Choctaw 102
Type and origin
Power type steam
Builder Baldwin Locomotive Works[1]
Serial number 57778
Build date June 1924[2]
Specifications
Configuration 2-8-2
Gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia. 44 in (1.1 m)[2]
Adhesive weight 98,000 lb (44,000 kg)[2]
Loco weight 128,000 lb (58,000 kg)[2]
Fuel type Coal[2]
Boiler pressure 180 psi (1.2 MPa)[2]
Cylinder size 17 in (430 mm) × 24 in (610 mm)[2]
Performance figures
Tractive effort 24,100 lbf (107 kN)[2]
Career
Operators Sumter and Choctaw Railway
Numbers 102
Retired 1962[3]
Current owner National Railroad Museum
Disposition moving display

Sumter & Choctaw 102 is a preserved 2-8-2 at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin.[4]

It spent its career on the Sumter and Choctaw Railway and was retired in 1962 and donated to the National Railroad Museum. In the 1980s, the tender of the locomotive was replaced with a tender equipped with two diesel engines. Thus the locomotive became a moving display. In 2007, one of the diesel engines was replaced with a more powerful engine so that it can now pull trains.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Monochrome Steam Collection". Retrieved 2007-11-29.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Steam Locomotive Information" (cfm). Retrieved 2007-11-29.
  3. 1 2 "National Railroad Museum overhauls diesel-powered 2-8-2". Trains News Wire. Kalmbach Publishing. 2007-11-21. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
  4. ↑ "Surviving Steam Locomotives in Wisconsin". Retrieved 2007-11-29.


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