Atlantic Coast Line No. 1504 on static display in Jacksonville, Florida, in March 2016
Type and origin
Power type
Steam
Builder
ALCO's Richmond Works
Serial number
59314
Build date
March 1919
Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte
4-6-2
• UIC
2′C1′ h1
Gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Driver dia.
73 in (1,854 mm)
Wheelbase
Loco & tender: 70.79 ft (21.58 m)
Length
80 ft 9.5 in (24.63 m)
Axle load
59,333 lb (26,913 kilograms; 26.913 metric tons)
Adhesive weight
178,000 lb (81,000 kilograms; 81 metric tons)
Loco weight
278,000 lb (126,000 kilograms; 126 metric tons)
Tender weight
193,000 lb (88,000 kilograms; 88 metric tons)
Total weight
471,000 lb (214,000 kilograms; 214 metric tons)
Tender type
USRA
Fuel type
Coal
Fuel capacity
16 t (16 long tons; 18 short tons)
Water cap.
10,000 US gal (38,000 L; 8,300 imp gal)
Firebox:
• Grate area
66.70 sq ft (6.197 m2)
Boiler pressure
200 psi (1.38 MPa)
Heating surface:
• Firebox
242 sq ft (22.5 m2)
Superheater:
• Heating area
794 sq ft (73.8 m2)
Cylinders
Two
Cylinder size
25 in × 28 in (635 mm × 711 mm)
Valve gear
Baker
Performance figures
Maximum speed
70 mph (110 km/h)
Tractive effort
40,750 lbf (181.27 kN)
Factor of adh.
4.12
Career
Operators
Atlantic Coast Line
Class
P-5-A
Number in class
5th of 70
Numbers
ACL 1504 (originally 497)
Delivered
1920
Retired
December 31, 1952 (revenue service)
Current owner
U.S. Sugar Corporation
Disposition
Undergoing restoration to operating condition
References:[1]: 13 [2][3]
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Locomotive No. 1504
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location
901 S Holtzclaw Ave Chattanooga, Tennessee
Built
1919
Built by
American Locomotive Company
NRHP reference No.
100001388
Added to NRHP
January 23, 2018
Atlantic Coast Line 1504 is a 4-6-2 steam locomotive built in March 1919 by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) of Richmond, Virginia, for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL) as a member of the P-5-A class under the United States Railroad Administration (USRA) standard. No. 1504 was assigned to pull ACL's premier main line passenger trains during the 1920s to early 40s and even main line freight trains in the late 1940s until it was retired from revenue service at the end of 1952.
In 1960, No. 1504 was put on display in Jacksonville, Florida as the only original USRA Light Pacific steam locomotive to be preserved. In 1990, it was designated as a National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). No. 1504 was cosmetically restored three times in 1989, 1998, and 2015.
As of 2024, the No. 1504 locomotive is currently being restored to operating condition for use in excursion service on the South Central Florida Express shortline railroad in Clewiston, Florida as part of U.S. Sugar's (USSC) heritage tourist passenger train named the Sugar Express, where it will eventually run alongside ex-Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) No. 148.
^"USRA Steam Locomotives: Atlantic Coast Line 1504 and Baltimore and Ohio 4500" (PDF). American Society of Mechanical Engineers. October 23, 1990. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 18, 2019. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
^Huddleston (2002), p. xii.
^Prince (2000), pp. 136–137.
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