Austral Engineering Supply Company 0-4-0 Locomotives in Australia
Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media
Class Burra (Locobase 20483)
Data from the Tyne and Wear Archives at [
], last accessed 4 November 2018; and supplied in a 23 July 2020 email from Teemu Koivumaki. Works number was 3574 in 1923.
AESC served as agents for a variety of products for a broad range of industrial or mining companies. Locobase found references to Turbon Patent Fans for mines (1914), Apexior boiler treatment that users applied to the interior sufaces of boilers or such components as steam turbine blades (1923), and a Fowler convertible steam traction/roller engine in 1927.
Locobase can't determine the ultimate destination of this minute saddle tank, but such engines could often be found on docks or at industrial sites.
| Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | Burra |
| Locobase ID | 20483 |
| Railroad | Austral Engineering Supply Company |
| Country | Australia |
| Whyte | 0-4-0ST |
| Number in Class | 1 |
| Road Numbers | |
| Gauge | 2' |
| Number Built | 1 |
| Builder | Hawthorn Leslie |
| Year | 1923 |
| Valve Gear | Stephenson |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 4 / 1.22 |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 4 / 1.22 |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 1 |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | 4 / 1.22 |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
| Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 100,576 / 45,621 |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 100,576 / 45,621 |
| Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | |
| Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 168 / 0.64 |
| Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | 0.52 / 0.50 |
| Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 84 / 42 |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 24 / 610 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 160 / 1100 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 8" x 12" / 203x305 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 4352 / 1974.04 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 23.11 |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 2.95 / 0.27 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 136 / 12.63 |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 136 / 12.63 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 194.81 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 472 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 472 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | |
| Power L1 | |
| Power MT | |