Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Vol 24, p. 194. Works number was 20159 in February 1902.
The B & A Short Line didn't prosper during its steam era, the fault for which cannot be laid at the drivers of this small, but unremarkable Eight-wheeler. After electrification, the B & A operated for decades as an interurban. After buses took over passenger traffic in 19050, the B & A continued to run freight trains. Eventually the line was absorbed by the Maryland Transit Administration. Part of the right-of-way regained its purpose in the 1990s and beyond when the Baltimore light-rail line system ran trains down to Glen Burnie.
Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | 9 |
| Locobase ID | 12601 |
| Railroad | Baltimore & Annapolis Short Line |
| Country | USA |
| Whyte | 4-4-0 |
| Number in Class | 1 |
| Road Numbers | 9 |
| Gauge | Std |
| Number Built | 1 |
| Builder | Burnham, Williams & Co |
| Year | 1902 |
| Valve Gear | Stephenson |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 8.50 / 2.59 |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 22.58 / 6.88 |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 0.38 |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
| Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 63,000 / 28,576 |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 98,000 / 44,452 |
| Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | 62,000 / 28,123 |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | 160,000 / 72,575 |
| Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 3000 / 11.36 |
| Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | |
| Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 53 / 26.50 |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 62 / 1575 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 130 / 9 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 18" x 24" / 457x610 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 13,859 / 6286.34 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 4.55 |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 213 - 2" / 51 |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 10.87 / 3.31 |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 128 / 11.90 |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 17.80 / 1.65 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1332 / 123.79 |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1332 / 123.79 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 188.40 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 2314 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 2314 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 16,640 |
| Power L1 | 3747 |
| Power MT | 262.24 |