Buffalo & St. Marys 2-8-0 "Consolidation" Type Locomotives

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 #2663-64, produced in May 1896.

This was the same line as the Buffalo, St.Mary's and SouthWestern to which Brooks sold a Mogul in the next year . Like the 2-6-0, the Consolidations for this railroad had a crown bar, wagon top boiler with steam dome just ahead of the clerestory cab. It offered considerably more heating surface and grate area than the Mogul by adding flues; flue length wsa virtually identical.

Sometime later these became the Pittsburgh, Shawmut & Northern 44 & 45, most likely when the PS & N absorbed several western New York roads in 1899.

Specifications
Class
Locobase ID2631
RailroadBuffalo & St. Marys
Whyte2-8-0
Road Numbers7
GaugeStd
BuilderBrooks
Year1896
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase14.67'
Engine Wheelbase22.67'
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheebase 0.65
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender)50.33'
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle)
Weight on Drivers142000 lbs
Engine Weight158750 lbs
Tender Light Weight86000 lbs
Total Engine and Tender Weight244750 lbs
Tender Water Capacity4000 gals
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal)8.5 tons
Minimum weight per yard of rail on which locomotive could run59.17 lb rail
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter51"
Boiler Pressure180 psi
Cylinders (dia x stroke)20" x 26"
Tractive Effort31200 lbs
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.55
Heating Ability
Firebox Area196 sq. ft
Grate Area28.20 sq. ft
Evaporative Heating Surface1961
Superheating Surface
Combined Heating Surface1961
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume207.43
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation5076
Same as above plus superheater percentage5076
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area35280
Power L14759.67
Power MT295.58

Credits

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