W L Clement Lumber Co 2-4-0 "Porter" Locomotives in the USA


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 2 (Locobase 11093)

Data from Logging Locomotives 1913 (Philadelphia, Pa: Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1913), p 8. See also DeGolyer, Volume 31, p. 128 and Roy V Wright (Ed.) 1912 Locomotive Cyclopedia of American Practice, Sixth Edition (New York: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Company, 1912), p. 165. Works number was 32436 in December 1907.

This diminuitive wood-burner couldn't have been much shorter and still be a tender engine. When the tiny boiler and wheels were combined with the balloon stack, it gave the impression of a toy. Baldwin explained that it was suitable "...for service where the runs are short and the speed moderate." The tender carried a useful amount of wood fuel (2 cords).

Just before this South Carolina logging road was closed, the GLC sold the engine in August 1910 to the AG & LA Meiklejohn Lumber Company.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class2
Locobase ID11093
RailroadW L Clement Lumber Co
CountryUSA
Whyte2-4-0
Number in Class1
Road Numbers2
GaugeStd
Number Built1
BuilderBaldwin
Year1907
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 4.67 / 1.42
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)11.25 / 3.43
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.42
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)31.96 / 9.74
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)31,650 / 14,356
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)39,150 / 17,758
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)25,850 / 11,725
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)65,000 / 29,483
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)1200 / 4.55
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)26 / 13
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)37 / 940
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)160 / 11
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)11" x 16" / 279x406
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)7116 / 3227.77
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.45
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)69 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) 6.58 / 2.01
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)35.80 / 3.35
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)10.70 / 0.99
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)271 / 25.19
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)271 / 25.19
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume153.98
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation1712
Same as above plus superheater percentage1712
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area5728
Power L12523
Power MT351.49

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