Louisiana Railway & Navigation 2-8-0 "Consolidation" Type Locomotives

Class 90 (Locobase 6157)

Data from 1941 Louisiana & Arkansas diagram book of L&A locomotives supplied by Allen Stanley in March 2004. The pairs came 7 years apart, the first set in 1912 and the second in 1919. Work numbers were 38843-38844 in November 1912, 52234 in August 1919, 52292 in September 1919.

The superheater area is estimated because the diagram doesn't show a separate superheater area, but several other Locobase entries with similar flue lengths and flue counts show the area given.

According to Nicholas Muff's outline on http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/L&A, these locomotives were used primarily for yard duty. The 99 was sold in December to the West Feliciana of San Francisville, La. It was later sold to the South Shore, which turned it over to the Illinois Railway Museum in 1968.

98 was sold in February 1947 to the Ashley, Drew & Northern as their 135.

Specifications
Class90
Locobase ID6157
RailroadLouisiana Railway & Navigation
Whyte2-8-0
Road Numbers90-91, 98-99
GaugeStd
BuilderBaldwin
Year1912
Valve GearStevens
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase14.17'
Engine Wheelbase21.83'
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheebase 0.65
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender)60.17'
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle)
Weight on Drivers140600 lbs
Engine Weight156400 lbs
Tender Light Weight118600 lbs
Total Engine and Tender Weight275000 lbs
Tender Water Capacity7000 gals
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal)2365 gals
Minimum weight per yard of rail on which locomotive could run59 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) 4.51
Heating Ability
Firebox Area168 sq. ft
Grate Area31.40 sq. ft
Evaporative Heating Surface1671
Superheating Surface340
Combined Heating Surface2011
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume176.75
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation5652
Same as above plus superheater percentage6613
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area35381
Power L19016
Power MT565.49

Credits

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