Interoceanic 4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler" Type Locomotives

Outside-frame Ten-wheelers with slide valves, straight boilers. Fuel was coal briquettes. Like the Consolidations delivered in the same year, these were all-steel engines, with a steel boiler and firebox, steel cab, drivers, driving boxes.

Railroad Gazette 7 October 1898.

Specifications
Class
Locobase ID3238
RailroadInteroceanic
Whyte4-6-0
Road Numbers
Gauge3'
BuilderSchenectady
Year1898
Valve Gear
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase13.17'
Engine Wheelbase22.42'
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheebase 0.59
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender)
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle)
Weight on Drivers58000 lbs
Engine Weight90500 lbs
Tender Light Weight
Total Engine and Tender Weight0
Tender Water Capacity3000 gals
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal)4.5 tons
Minimum weight per yard of rail on which locomotive could run32.22 lb rail
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter48"
Boiler Pressure200 psi
Cylinders (dia x stroke)17" x 20" (1)
Low Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke)27" x 20"
Tractive Effort14659 lbs
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 3.96
Heating Ability
Firebox Area82 sq. ft
Grate Area15.30 sq. ft
Evaporative Heating Surface1131
Superheating Surface
Combined Heating Surface1131
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume430.52
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation3060
Same as above plus superheater percentage3060
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area16400
Power L13720.65
Power MT424.27

Credits

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