Mobile & Montgomery 4-4-0 "American" Type Locomotives

Data from Emory Edwards, Modern American Locomotive Engines, (Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird & Co, 1883), pp. 120, 125.

Shown in a table of drawings and data describing the locomotives shown at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876, this design featured the biggest, broadest stack. A wood-burning engine needed a lot of spark-arresting area to capture all the cinders and this engine's cabbage stack looked equal to the task.

Specifications
Class
Locobase ID9677
RailroadMobile & Montgomery
Whyte4-4-0
Road Numbers
GaugeStd
BuilderRogers
Year1876
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase
Engine Wheelbase
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheebase
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender)
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle)
Weight on Drivers40900 lbs
Engine Weight62000 lbs
Tender Light Weight
Total Engine and Tender Weight190400 lbs
Tender Water Capacity
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal)
Minimum weight per yard of rail on which locomotive could run34 lb rail
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter56.50"
Boiler Pressure115 psi
Cylinders (dia x stroke)16" x 24"
Tractive Effort10630 lbs
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 3.85
Heating Ability
Firebox Area97 sq. ft
Grate Area14.40 sq. ft
Evaporative Heating Surface900
Superheating Surface
Combined Heating Surface900
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume161.14
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation1656
Same as above plus superheater percentage1656
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area11155
Power L12685
Power MT289.46

Credits

Introduction and specifications provided by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media.