#8 Humboldt (2-6-0)
Facts
Built |
1870 |
By |
Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia |
Serial No |
2198 |
Class | 27 1/2 D |
Cost |
16,333 |
Status |
Scrapped |
Dimension |
16x24" / 48" / 28 tons |
History
1870 |
Delivered to Virginia & Truckee. |
May 23, 1873 | Humboldt came out today, looking as handsome as a fresh bouquet, nd reflecting great credit to the painters of the car shop. |
July 30, 1873 | Humboldt to be taken apart and have through overhauling. |
May 22, 1874 | Humboldt with four box cars loaded with lumber and merchandise, together with 10 empty ore cars had the track give way. The tender and box cars went down the embankment 200 feet and were demolished. Loco stayed on track. |
May 16, 1882 | Sold to D. O. Mills (Onkerdonk Construction) for $9,500. Relettered by the V&T Carson City Shop to Canadian Pacific #3 New "Westminister". |
1887 | Intercolonial Railway #189, working in New Brunswick (eastern Canada). |
1898 | Rebuild and reboilered by the Intercolonial Railway. |
1912 | Renumbered to #1024. |
1913 | Relettered to Canadian Government Railways. |
1918 | Dismantled for scrap. |
Builder's Specification
2 - 27 ½ D Virginia & Truckee RR 5/10/70 | |
#11-12 | |
Gauge of Road, 4' 8½" 3/4 Play Steel Boilers (6/20/70) | |
Boiler constructed to burn, Wood Chipped & Chalked inside & out | |
Waist. | 48" dia. Steel |
Furnace. | Material, Steel |
Size, | |
Chamber, None Staybolts, 4" cent to cent. | |
Hollow Stays, | |
Brass & Pipe joints - One anderson Valve & One ordinary valve | |
Flues. | Material, Iron Copper rings on fire box end - |
Size and Number, 155 2" diam 10 ft long | |
Grates. | Cast Iron. Deadplate 20" front, 8" sides & back. Bars 2 in each section. |
Ash Pan. | Double Dampers. |
Cylinders. | Size, 16" x 24" Dunbars packing - Steel Rods 2 5/8" diam - |
Valve Motion, Link Valve Stems Steel - Guide back of chest, R & L screw | |
Oil Valves, Roscoes Patent | |
Guides. | Steel, single bar on top |
Cross Heads. | Cast Iron, steel Pin |
Rock Shafts. | Wrought Iron |
Drivers. | Diameter, 48" Centre 43 1/4" dia |
Journals, 6 ½" x 8" main pins 4" dia front & back 2 3/4" | |
Tire, Steel, flanged 6 x 2½" Plain 6½ x 2½" | |
stub brasses with caps | |
Feed Water. | Pumps, 2 of Brass Hollow plungers 2 1/4" dia |
Injectors, None | |
Feed Pipes, Iron - Feed Cock on each side. | |
Check Pipes, Copper. | |
Throttle. | Balance Valve |
Smoke Stack. | Yankee |
House. | Small round corners |
Pilot. | Iron Round Bars |
Sand Box. | Large round |
Exhaust. | Double nozzles |
Name. | Nevada No 7 Humboldt No 8 |
Truck. | Style, Swing Centre - Single wheel - |
Wheels, 26" diam Hollow spoke | |
Journals, 4 ½" diam x 7 ½" | |
Tender. | Mounted on, 8 Wheels |
Tank, 40" high 2200 galls. | |
Frame, Square Tool Box on Back | |
Trucks, " Iron frame. | |
Wheels, 26" diam. Taylors make | |
Journals, 3 ½" x 6" axle special as #3 - #4 | |
Brakes, to both trucks. | |
Finish. | Boiler, Covered with felt, Jacket #12 Russia Iron Brass bands |
Cylinder and St. Chests, Iron bodies Cast heads polished. | |
Dome, Brass body Iron rings | |
Painting, Wine Color | |
Best finish XXXX Brass letters on Cab | |
Whistle all Brass | |
Eccentric rods to have T ends. | |
4 gauge Corks | |
Water gauge | |
Milhams head light 23" |
Comments
The V&T #8 Humboldt arrived to Reno from Philadelphia.
The locomotive was delivered in pieces by an ox-team via Geiger Grade to Virginia City.
The pieces where reassembled under the guidance of a Baldwin engineer at the roundhouse in Virginia City.
The locomotive was build by Baldwin with an mid-1869 technology.
The loco's had 48" drivers.
The V&T put on bigger tires (Tyres in the V&T records).