New York, West Shore & Buffalo 2-8-0 "Consolidation" Type Locomotives

Class C (Locobase 9812)

Data from L&N 8 1927 Locomotive Diagrams supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection.

Locobase suspects that this locomotive's original dimensions didn't include a 180-psi boiler. The NY, WS & B sold the 149 to the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh in December 1886 for $7,175. The BR & P operated this doughty little Consolidation in class K for over 30 years before selling to the 8-mile Black Mountain Railroad in eastern Kentucky in 1919. The BM RR ran it as #1 from Blackmont to Alva even after the Louisville & Nashville bought the locomotive in 1923. After another ten years' service, the 667 was scrapped in July 1933 as part of a general clean-up and disposal.

Specifications
ClassC
Locobase ID9812
RailroadNew York, West Shore & Buffalo
Whyte2-8-0
Road Numbers149
GaugeStd
BuilderBurnham, Parry, Williams & Co
Year1884
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase14'
Engine Wheelbase21.58'
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheebase 0.65
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender)47.64'
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle)29000 lbs
Weight on Drivers116800 lbs
Engine Weight129000 lbs
Tender Light Weight87000 lbs
Total Engine and Tender Weight216000 lbs
Tender Water Capacity3900 gals
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal)10.5 tons
Minimum weight per yard of rail on which locomotive could run48.67 lb rail
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter50"
Boiler Pressure180 psi
Cylinders (dia x stroke)19" x 24"
Tractive Effort26512 lbs
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.41
Heating Ability
Firebox Area143 sq. ft
Grate Area22.80 sq. ft
Evaporative Heating Surface1888
Superheating Surface
Combined Heating Surface1888
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume239.72
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation4104
Same as above plus superheater percentage4104
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area25740
Power L14957.59
Power MT374.30

Credits

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