0-4-0 Steam Locomotives in France

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Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class Type 50 (Locobase 11323)

Data from Charles Alfred Opperman, Traite Complet des Chemins de Fer Economiques D' Interet Local (Paris: Imprimerie Pillet Fils Aine, 1873), pp. 150-152; see also Schneider Catalogue, last accessed 27 August 2018 at [], p. 17.

The Schneider catalogue helpfully listed all of the customers for this small narrow-gauge tank:

Company Gauge (mm) Number Works

Favre 1000 1 1055

Forges d' Alais 800 3 1380, 1561, 2535

Merle & Cie 1050 1 1192

Mines de Besseges 770 3 1873, 1953, 2071

Mines de Blanzy 800 8 787-788, 859-860,

1056, 1078, 1479, 1714

Mines de Douchy 1080 1 886

Petin-Gaudet Rwy 740 4 917-918, 938, 1081

Pitavy Freres 1000 1 829

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
ClassType 50
Locobase ID11323
Railroadseveral
CountryFrance
Whyte0-4-0T
Number in Class22
Road Numbers
Gauge80 cm
Number Built22
BuilderSchneider-Creusot
Year1864
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 4.10 / 1.25
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) 4.10 / 1.25
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase1
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) 4.10 / 1.25
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)7352 / 3335
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)14,573 / 6610
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)14,573 / 6610
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)185 / 0.70
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) 0.30
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)12 / 6
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)23.60 / 599
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)130.50 / 900
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)8.03" x 14.17" / 204x360
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)4295 / 1948.18
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 3.39
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)73 - 1.575" / 40
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) 4.43 / 1.35
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)23.35 / 2.17
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 3.23 / 0.30
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)178 / 16.50
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)178 / 16.50
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume214.31
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation422
Same as above plus superheater percentage422
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area3047
Power L11822
Power MT551.27

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