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MARYLAND & PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
LOCOMOTIVE NO. 20

Builder: Pennsylvania Railroad   Type: 0-4-0   Class: A2   Number: 1160 or 1161
Built: September, 1887 Retired: 1906
 
Drivers: 50" Cylinders: 15 x 24 Operating Pressure: 125 lbs. Tractive Effort: 11,475 lbs.
Light Weight - Engine: 60,090 lbs. Tender Coal Capacity: 1.6 tons Saddle Tank Water Capacity: 2,200 gal.

Weight in Working Order
Drivers: 69,600 lbs. Engine: 69,600 lbs. Tender: 59,700 lbs. Total: 129,300 lbs.
 

NOTES:

 

Engine No. 20 was built at the Wilmington Shops of the PW&B.

Engine No. 20 was built with Stephenson valve gear.

Some sources list the engine weight as 72,000 lbs.

Engine No. 20 was purchased from the Pennsylvania Railroad by the Baltimore & Lehigh in August of 1900.

Engine No. 20 was sold to the Canton Railroad (No. 1) for scrap in June of 1917.

Various company sources sometimes give conflicting dates for installation of improvements. Best judgement has been used when conflicts exist.

Data has been gathered from various sources, including Annual Reports, AFEs, the M&PA's Shop Book and photographs.

Information compiled by Charles T. Mahan, Jr.


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