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GN F-8 2-8-0 Roster

(Original Class 51, 51A)

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F-8 Class 2-8-0 General Data
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Built:

Between 8/1902 and 12/1907

Cylinders:

20"x32" (F-8)

26"x32" (F-8S)

Engine weight:

195,000 lbs.

Builders:

Rogers

Alco-Rogers

Baldwin Locomotive Works

Driver diameter:

55"

Weight on drivers:

180,000 lbs.

Number series:

1140-1264

Boiler pressure:

F-8:   210 psi

F-8S: 210 psi (design)

         165 psi (operating)

Tractive effort:

41,540 lbs. (F-8)

55,160 lbs. (F-8S)

 

Great Northern received its F-8 2-8-0's in three different orders. Click on the number series on the right to go to that roster.

  Class F-8 Number series Built

First Order:   

1140-1199

1902-1903

Second Order:   

1200-1214

1905

Third Order:   

1215-1264

1907

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