The Erie Railroad Class S-3 were a series of 2-8-4 "Berkshire" type steam locomotives that were operated by the Erie Railroad.
History[]
These engines were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in July-October 1928 and were numbered 3350-3384 to carry freight, as well as passenger trains. These engines were the most numerous class of any Erie railroad 2-8-4 class, they were fit with 70" drivers and 28 1/2" x 32" cylinders like all S-classes, with 225 psi boasting 71,000 lbs. tractive effort with 82,750 lbs. overall with the booster in-use. Among the most well-known and liked classes of any Erie steam locomotive, the S-3s were seen sometimes also as helpers during the 1940s and 1950s, they all were retired after WWII starting with engines #3361 and #3373 in April 1950, with the last two withdrawn in October 1952 were engines #3360 and #3378.
None of these engines survived into preservation as all Erie railroad's Berkshires were cut up by 1953.
Trivia[]
- The Fireboxes in these engines had 22 sq ft (2.04 sq m) of arch tubes and 107 sq ft (9.94 sq m) in two Nicholson thermic syphons contributing to their heating surface, boilers had Worthington Type No. 4 1/4 BL feedwater heaters.
- They had the same specifications as the S-4 class by Lima, but with the S-4 having 250 psi.
- Erie #3369 was used for public show pushing a Caboose during 1951 on the Erie Railroad's 100th anniversary.
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