BEDT #9 - Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal - Baldwin 29543

BEDT #9 - Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal - Baldwin 29543 - built: November 1906

HAVEMEYER & ELDER - #9
BROOKLYN EASTERN DISTRICT TERMINAL - # 9

Builder & Location:	Baldwin Locomotive Works (Philadelphia, PA)
Construction Number:	29543
Build Date:	November 1906

Baldwin Locomotive class 6-32-D 555 - "Six Coupled Tank Locomotive"

Wheel Arrangement:	0-6-0T	Water Tank Capacity:	1450 gal	Firebox Area	129 sq. ft.
Cylinders:	19"d x 24"s	Boiler Capacity:	1200 gal	Firebox Dim.	93 3/16" x 33 3/8"
Boiler Pressure:	180 psi	Boiler Dia.	58"	Firebox Depth	58" f, 57" r
Weight:	130,000 lbs	Coal Capacity:	1300 lbs	Tubes Dia.	1 3/4"
Length:	29' 0"	Fuel Oil Capacity (after conv)	500 gal	Tube Length	9' 4 1/2"
Height:		Tractive Effort:	28,800 lbs	# of Tubes	220
Wheel Diameter:	46"	Factor of Adhesion:		Tube Area	936 sq. ft.
Wheelbase:	8' 0"	Sharpest curve, advised:		Grate Area	21.6 sq ft
Valve Type:	Balanced Slide	Sharpest curve, practicable:		Staying	Crown Bar
		Lightest rail usage, advised:

Owner History:

Havemeyer & Elder
Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal

Present Location:

retired between 1934 - 1936; scrapped ?

Notes:

built as Steam Dummy
round saddletank, closed cab (see steam loco notes)
converted to square sided saddletank by BEDT

unknown date
SMU E. L. DeGolyer Library archives
authors collection

October 20, 1934 - Pidgeon Street
W. Lichtenstern photo
D. Keller collection

October 20, 1934? - Pidgeon Street
(presumably taken at same time as photo above)
unknown photographer
F. Zahn archives
authors collection
added 12 Nov 2008

October 21, 1934 - Pidgeon Street
Note date - one day after photos above. NY&QEL&P barricade now missing legs.
William J. Rugen photo
Queens Public Library Digital Archives
color corrected by author
added 21 May 2019

January 05, 1935
Peter V. Dobbins photo
authors collection
added 14 Mar 2015
this same photo was previuosly shown on this page as a W. A. Lucas photo
and being located in the SMU E. L. DeGolyer Library archives

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