The Burlington & Missouri River Railroad built twenty four Ten Wheeler type (4-6-0) locomotives for express passenger service at its Havelock, IA, shops between 1900 and 1904 (#700-#723). #40 was outshopped in 1900 and was renumbered #3687 in 1903 and then #710 when the B&MR was merged into the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad in 1904. In 1951, it was renumbered #919.
#710 weighs 156,600 lbs, 121,400 lbs on its 72” drivers. With a driver wheelbase of 14’ 3¼” and engine wheelbase of 25’ 9¼”, it has Stephenson valve gear and 19” x 26” cylinders. The grate is 30 sq ft and the Belpaire firebox is 172.3 sq ft making a total heating surface of 2,394 sq ft. Operating at a boiler pressure of 200 psi, it delivered 22,161 lbs tractive effort. The tender weighs 147,000 lbs light and has a capacity of 5,000 gallons of water and 9 tons of coal.
In its heyday, the K-4 could put up a good performance. One fourteen mile stretch was covered in nine minutes in 1902 at an average speed of 96.8 mph.
In 1935, #710 was assigned to the Burlington's Wymore Division where it hauled mixed freight between Wymore, NE, and Concordia, KS. It was donated to the City of Lincoln, NE, in 1954 and is on display in Iron Horse Park adjacent to the historic railroad depot and was looking very well maintained when I visited. Right, it is coupled with Burlington Northern steel cupola caboose #10200 built in 1964.
You can see the other two surviving Chicago, Burlington & Quincy K-4s on the CBQ #719 and the Railswest Museum pages of this website.
