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Deerfield and Roundabout Railway
An educational demonstration steam powered 7 and 1/2 inch gauge railway operated by the
Lake Forest Live Steamers Railway Museum Incorporated.

STEAM LOCOMOTIVES: 4-6-4 Type

326-BMC-cyclo

Deerfield & Roundabout 4-6-4 Type Locomotive, Class J1a, for passenger service.
Buker Locomotive Works, Chicago, Builders No. 2, 1960
Patterned after New York Central, Class J1a, circa 1927.
Old Reliable.
Construction completed 1960 by Edward "Bud" Buker.
Restoration by Karl J. Kobel, Gordon S. Carlson and Jeffrey G. Hook, 2008.
Image recorded and edited by Brennan M. Caughron, 2008.

Rated tractive force (K=0.85)...................... 228 lb.
Weight on drivers divided by rated tractive force.... 4.08
Cylinders, diameter and stroke....... 2 3/4 in. x 3 1/2 in.
Drivers, diameter................................ 9 7/8 in.
Weight on drivers.................................. 930 lb.
Weight on front truck............................... 92 lb.
Weight on trailing truck........................... 214 lb.
Total weight of engine........................... 1,236 lb.
Weight of tender................................... 575 lb.
Total weight of engine and tender............... 0.91 tons
Driving wheel base................................ 21.0 in.
Length over draft faces of couplers........ 9 ft. 6 1/4 in.

Fuel............................................ Soft coal
Firebox, length and width............... 16 in. x 9 1/2 in.
Grate area.................................... 1.06 sq. ft.
Diameter of boiler, outside......................... 10 in.
Steam pressure..................................... 100 lb.
Track gauge, minimum on tangent unguarded track.. 7 1/2 in.
Outside gauge of flanges........................ 7 7/16 in.
Reverser...................... Manual latch lever quadrant
Valves............................ Inside admission piston
Valve & cylinder lubricator.................... Mechanical
Engine brakes....................................... Steam
Tender brakes...................................... Manual

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