Reading Company C1a Class Explained

Powertype:Steam
P&RR C1a class
Builder:Reading Company
Builddate:1915
Totalproduction:4
Whytetype:4-4-4
Driverdiameter:6feet
Locoweight:230,800 lb (104,700 kg)
Fueltype:Coal
Cylindercount:Two, outside
Cylindersize:23.5x
Boilerpressure:2402NaN2
Tractiveeffort:36,604 lbf (162.82 kN)
Withdrawndate:1916

The C1a Class were a type of 4-4-4 steam locomotive built for the Philadelphia and Reading Railway in 1915. Four locomotives were built, road numbers #110-113. They used front and rear trucks that were effectively identical. During a year of operation, they proved to be quite unstable; after that year, they were rebuilt to 4-4-2 "Atlantic" locomotives, reclassified as P7sa, and renumbered #350-353.