Wabash class P1

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Wabash class P-1

Wabash #700 at Cerro Gordo, Illinois, June 19, 1946.
Power type	Steam
Builder	Wabash Railroad
Build date	1943–1947
Configuration	4-6-4
UIC classification	2'C2'
Gauge	4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm)
Driver size	80 in (2.032 m)
Length	87 ft 5 in (26.644 m)
Axle load	72,009 lb (32.7 metric tons)
Locomotive weight	582,680 lb (264.4 metric tons)
Fuel capacity	16 long tons (35,840 lb,[citation needed] 16.3 metric tons)
Water capacity	12,000 US gal (45,400 liters)
Boiler pressure	220 psi (1.5 MPa)
Fire grate area	71 sq ft (6.6 m²)
Heating surface: Total	4,225 sq ft (393 m²)
Superheater area	1,051 sq ft (98 m²)
Cylinders	2
Cylinder size	26 in bore × 28 in stroke (660 mm bore × 711 mm stroke)
Tractive effort	44,244 lbf (196.81 kN)
Career	Wabash Railroad
Number in class	7
Number	700–706
Retired	1956

The Wabash Railroad's class P-1 comprised seven 4-6-4 steam locomotives.

The first five were constructed in 1943 and 1944 using the boilers from their unsuccessful K-5 class three-cylinder 2-8-2 locomotives that had been built by the American Locomotive Company's Schenectady works in 1925.

Two additional locomotives were converted in 1946 and 1947 using a pair of K-4 class 2-8-2s as donors.

[edit] References

• Drury, George H. (1993). Guide to North American Steam Locomotives. Kalmbach Publishing Co., 419–422. ISBN 0890242062. 
• Hollingsworth, Brian (2000). The Illustrated Directory of Trains of the World. Salamander Books Ltd., 172–173. ISBN 1840651776. 

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