Old tender: 16 t (16 long tons; 18 short tons) New tender: 22 t (22 long tons; 24 short tons)
Water cap.
Old tender: 10,000 US gal (38,000 L; 8,300 imp gal) New tender: 18,000 US gal (68,000 L; 15,000 imp gal)
Firebox:
• Grate area
66.70 sq ft (6.197 m2)
Boiler pressure
200 psi (1.38 MPa)
Feedwater heater
Worthington
Heating surface:
• Firebox
242 sq ft (22.5 m2)
Superheater:
• Type
Schmidt[3]
• Heating area
794 sq ft (73.8 m2)
Cylinders
Two
Cylinder size
25 in × 28 in (635 mm × 711 mm)
Valve gear
Walschaerts
Performance figures
Maximum speed
80 mph (130 km/h)
Tractive effort
40,753 lbf (181.28 kN)
Factor of adh.
4.17
Career
Operators
Grand Trunk Western Railroad Railroad Club of Chicago
Class
K-4-a
Number in class
3rd of 5
Numbers
GTW 5629 B&O 5629
Delivered
March 1924
Last run
April 1969
Retired
March 1960 (revenue service) April 1971 (excursion service)
Restored
October 1961 (1st restoration) 1965-1966 (2nd restoration)
Scrapped
July 1987
Disposition
Scrapped
Grand Trunk Western 5629 was a 4-6-2 K-4-a steam locomotive, which was a copy of the United States Railroad Administration's (USRA) Light Pacific design, built by American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in 1924, for the Grand Trunk Western Railroad. It was used to haul commuter passenger trains in Michigan until 1960, when it was purchased by Chicago-based railfan Richard Jensen, who used No. 5629 to pull several excursion trains in the Chicago area throughout the 1960s.
After Jensen ran into some financial trouble in the 1970s, he stored his locomotive at the Rock Island Railroad's freight yard in Blue Island, Illinois. In 1980, Metra Commuter Rail, acquired the Blue Island freight yard, attempted to remove the No. 5629 locomotive intact. But Jensen inconsiderately decided to have Metra scrap his locomotive and filed a lawsuit against them in order to recoup his financial trouble. In July 1987, Metra reluctantly scrapped the locomotive under the court order. Afterwards, Jensen filed a lawsuit against Metra as planned, but eventually lost the case. Jensen's decision to let the No. 5629 locomotive get scrapped was heavily controversial.
^Llanso, Steve. "Canadian Government / Canadian National / Canadian Northern / Grand Trunk / Grand Trunk Pacific / Grand Trunk Western / Intercolonial / Reid Newfoundland 4-6-2 Locomotives in Canada". www.steamlocomotive.com. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
^Dorin (1977), p. 120.
^McQueen (2013), p. 174
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