Tampa & Gulf Coast 4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler" Type Locomotives

Class 17 (Locobase 4976)

Data from 1929 SAL locomotive diagrams published on http://www.dnaco.net/~gelwood/other/sal--steambk.html . Works numbers were 41469-41471 in June 1914.

These heavy Ten-wheelers taken into the Seaboard Air Line when the T & GC was absorbed in January 1927. Never substantially altered, 694-695 were retired in December 1933 and 693 left in July 1936.

Specifications
Class17
Locobase ID4976
RailroadTampa & Gulf Coast
Whyte4-6-0
Road Numbers17-19 / 693-695
GaugeStd
BuilderBaldwin
Year1914
Valve GearWalschaert
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase13'
Engine Wheelbase23.92'
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheebase 0.54
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender)52.46'
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle)42000 lbs
Weight on Drivers126000 lbs
Engine Weight156000 lbs
Tender Light Weight112750 lbs
Total Engine and Tender Weight268750 lbs
Tender Water Capacity6000 gals
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal)11 tons
Minimum weight per yard of rail on which locomotive could run70 lb rail
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter63"
Boiler Pressure185 psi
Cylinders (dia x stroke)19" x 26"
Tractive Effort23428 lbs
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 5.38
Heating Ability
Firebox Area
Grate Area32.30 sq. ft
Evaporative Heating Surface1799
Superheating Surface
Combined Heating Surface1799
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume210.85
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation5976
Same as above plus superheater percentage5976
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.