De Wendel & Co 0-6-0 Locomotives in Poland


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class Brouchetieres 63 (Locobase 21047)

Data provided by Flickr photostream of "0-8-0 Tank Engine for Mineral Line in Russian Poland", last accessed []. See also "318 years of history,

over 40 in investment" on line at [] number was 6559 in April 1908.

This six-coupled served the same company under two town names. When it arrived in 1908, the Alsace-Lorraine region seized by Germany in 1870 used German place names such as Hayingen. When the First World War ended in 1918 and the region reverted to France and the town regained the name Hayange (in the Moselle Department).

The Wendel Group summarizes its foundations concisely. From the time Jean-Martin de Wendel acquired the forges at Hayange in 1704, the company "took advantage of the major inventions that accelerated the development of its iron and steel production: iron smelted with coke, widespread use of blast furnaces and rolling mills, the development of railroads, and other advancements."

In other words, the company's proximity to Lorraine iron ore combined with its adoption of the Thomas processs in 1871 to establish de Wendel as a leading steel producer.

Although Borsig delivered a variety of locomotive designs, this was the only 0-6-0 it would buy from the Tegel builder.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

ClassBrouchetieres 63
Locobase ID21047
RailroadDe Wendel & Co
CountryPoland
Whyte0-6-0
Number in Class1
Road Numbers63
GaugeStd
Number Built1
BuilderBorsig
Year1908
Valve GearHeusinger
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)11.15 / 3.40
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)94,578 / 42,900
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)94,578 / 42,900
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)57,320 / 26,000
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)151,898 / 68,900
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)1980 / 7.50
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) 5.50 / 5
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)53 / 26.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)53.10 / 1350
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)169.70 / 11.70
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)17.72" x 24.8" / 450x630
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)21,154 / 9595.30
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.47
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)19.38 / 1.80
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1440 / 133.80
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1440 / 133.80
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume203.43
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation3289
Same as above plus superheater percentage3289
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area
Power L1
Power MT

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