Buffalo, St.Mary's, & SouthWestern 2-6-0 "Mogul" Type Locomotives

Data from 1899 Brooks Catalogue.

Builder info from B.Rumary, 25 Kingscombe, Gurney Slade, Radstock, BA3 4TH, ENGLAND and Jeremy Lambert as supplied by Allen Stanley in March 2004.

Works #2736, 2739. Rumary-Lambert credit the design with a 26" stroke, but the catalog said 24" and that's closer to contemporary information.

Fitted with crown bar, wagon top boiler with steam dome just ahead of the cab. The tender sloped, presumably because this engine would be backing up as often as going forward in its branch-line duties. When they were delivered, the railroad was known as the Buffalo & St Mary's, but it acquired the "Southwestern" very shortly thereafter.

Specifications
Class
Locobase ID2611
RailroadBuffalo, St.Mary's, & SouthWestern
Whyte2-6-0
Road Numbers5, 11
GaugeStd
BuilderBrooks
Year1897
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase13'
Engine Wheelbase20.50'
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheebase 0.63
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender)47.17'
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle)
Weight on Drivers108000 lbs
Engine Weight124000 lbs
Tender Light Weight72000 lbs
Total Engine and Tender Weight196000 lbs
Tender Water Capacity3100 gals
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal)4 tons
Minimum weight per yard of rail on which locomotive could run60 lb rail
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter57"
Boiler Pressure180 psi
Cylinders (dia x stroke)18" x 24"
Tractive Effort20872 lbs
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 5.17
Heating Ability
Firebox Area168 sq. ft
Grate Area23.30 sq. ft
Evaporative Heating Surface1623
Superheating Surface
Combined Heating Surface1623
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume229.61
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation4194
Same as above plus superheater percentage4194
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area30240
Power L15958.38
Power MT364.89

Credits

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