Re: WSLCo 8-9-10

Hart,

Thank you for the information. I do have to correct one point. The WSL #12 is not coming to the MCRR, it is the K.R.R. Co. #12 that is coming to Iowa.

After moving the WSL#9 I am questioning the weights we have always been told. When the 8 was moved to Canyon City the weight of the engine itself was 90,000 lbs. this is including the super heaters. When we loaded the 9 she weighed 106,000 lbs. without the super heaters, turbine, bell, etc. This is 16,000 lbs. heavier than the 8. According to the books she should have weighed less than 95,000 lbs. With this new number theoretically the 9 operational weights should come in at around 170,000 lbs. Now according to the same book you quoted, the 10 weighs in at 163,200 lbs. Could this mean the 9 is the largest? Who knows, the only way to know for sure is to figure out a way to weigh the 9 and 10 both in their fully operation conditions. The only thing I can say for sure is the weights we have always know are subject to question, because if they were close to accurate we would not have been delayed 3 days in the move of the 9 to the GTL, fore do to these false weights we did not have to trailer set up for more than 98,000 lbs. and therefore had to ship in a stinger for the trailer as well as strip everything we could to get the 9’s weight down. We could have done this by unloading her and re-setting the trailer, but we did not want to put the additional stress on her of un-loading and re-loading her.

This is all just food for thought, but it is an interesting anomaly.

Matt Crull
President,
Midwest Central Railroad