Oahu Railway & Land Company 4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler" Locomotives in the USA


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class Waialua (Locobase 12310)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 22, p. 1. Works numbers were 16386-16387 in December 1898.

The second of these small Ten-wheelers was named Kahuka. They faced curves of 75 metres radius and scaled grades of up to 4 1/2% (238 ft/mile)..

Both locomotives had long careers. Kahuka was scrapped in 1936 while Waialua carried on until 1948.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

ClassWaialua
Locobase ID12310
RailroadOahu Railway & Land Company
CountryUSA
Whyte4-6-0
Number in Class2
Road Numbers64, 83
Gauge3'
Number Built2
BuilderBurnham, Williams & Co
Year1898
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)11.17 / 3.40
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)19.75 / 6.02
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.57
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)39.92 / 12.17
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)45,000 / 20,412
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)60,000 / 27,216
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)35,000 / 15,876
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)95,000 / 43,092
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)1500 / 5.68
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)25 / 12.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)43 / 1092
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)160 / 11
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)13" x 18" / 330x457
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)9621 / 4364.02
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.68
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)138 - 1.75" / 44
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)10.50 / 3.20
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)72.88 / 6.77
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 9.30 / 0.86
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)730 / 67.84
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)730 / 67.84
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume263.54
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation1488
Same as above plus superheater percentage1488
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area11,661
Power L14530
Power MT665.80

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