Norfolk & Southern 4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler" Type Locomotives

Class 100 (Locobase 4946)

Data from N & S Steam Locomotive Diagrams supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive collection. Works numbers were 30302-30303 in February 1907; 30317-30318, 30384, 30390-30392 in March.

A low-drivered Ten-wheeler design for this network of railroads operating in Virginia and North Carolina.

Specifications
Class100
Locobase ID4946
RailroadNorfolk & Southern
Whyte4-6-0
Road Numbers100-116
GaugeStd
BuilderBurnham, Williams & Co
Year1907
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase14.70'
Engine Wheelbase24'
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheebase 0.61
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender)
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle)
Weight on Drivers100500 lbs
Engine Weight138000 lbs
Tender Light Weight
Total Engine and Tender Weight0
Tender Water Capacity5000 gals
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal)
Minimum weight per yard of rail on which locomotive could run56 lb rail
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter56"
Boiler Pressure180 psi
Cylinders (dia x stroke)18" x 26"
Tractive Effort23016 lbs
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.37
Heating Ability
Firebox Area
Grate Area29.20 sq. ft
Evaporative Heating Surface2138
Superheating Surface
Combined Heating Surface2138
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume279.20
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation5256
Same as above plus superheater percentage5256
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area0
Power L10
Power MT0

Credits

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