North Pacific Coast 4-4-0 "American" Type Locomotives

Class 16 (Locobase 2147)

Data from 1899 Brooks catalogue.

Builder info from B.Rumary, 25 Kingscombe, Gurney Slade, Radstock, BA3 4TH, ENGLAND and Jeremy Lambert as supplied by Allen Stanley in March 2004.Works #2421 in March 1894. (The illustration in the catalogue showed "18", but this is clearly the locomotive.) The railroad name changed to North Shore, then Northwestern Pacific, but the number always remained 16.

Narrow firebox measured 7 ft long by 2 ft wide.The locomotive was sold for scrap on 17 October 1934.

Specifications
Class16
Locobase ID2147
RailroadNorth Pacific Coast
Whyte4-4-0
Road Numbers16
Gauge3'
BuilderBrooks
Year1894
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase7'
Engine Wheelbase18.42'
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheebase 0.38
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender)40.83'
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle)
Weight on Drivers48000 lbs
Engine Weight68000 lbs
Tender Light Weight64000 lbs
Total Engine and Tender Weight132000 lbs
Tender Water Capacity2200 gals
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal)6 tons
Minimum weight per yard of rail on which locomotive could run40 lb rail
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter48"
Boiler Pressure165 psi
Cylinders (dia x stroke)15" x 20"
Tractive Effort13148 lbs
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 3.65
Heating Ability
Firebox Area83 sq. ft
Grate Area13.60 sq. ft
Evaporative Heating Surface855
Superheating Surface
Combined Heating Surface855
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume209.02
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation2244
Same as above plus superheater percentage2244
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area13695
Power L14098
Power MT376.44

Credits

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

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