Data from Douglas Colquhoun's entries presented in the Australian national railway museum site: [] (visited 14 October 2003).
Works number was 2980 for this compact, but relatively large and certainly broad-gauge saddle-tanker. Colquhoun says there's no information on the locomotive's work history until Waring & Rawdon is shown as owning it in 1903. After working on Sydney's Outer Harbor construction in 1908, it was taken into the SAR in 1910. After another 19 years of service (41 all told), Durty Gert was retired on 8 April 1929 and scrapped a year later (10 May 1930).
Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
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Class | I ("Durty Gert") |
Locobase ID | 5885 |
Railroad | Hoffman Steam Brick Co / SAR |
Country | Australia |
Whyte | 0-4-0ST |
Number in Class | 1 |
Road Numbers | 161 |
Gauge | 5'3" |
Number Built | 1 |
Builder | Beyer, Peacock |
Year | 1888 |
Valve Gear | Stephenson |
Locomotive Length and Weight | |
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 7 / 2.13 |
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 7 / 2.13 |
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 1 |
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | |
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | 25,312 / 11,481 |
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 47,824 / 21,693 |
Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 47,824 / 21,693 |
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | |
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | |
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 600 / 2.27 |
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | 0.60 / 1 |
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 40 / 20 |
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 36 / 914 |
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 147.90 / 1020 |
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 12" x 18" / 305x457 |
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 9051 / 4105.47 |
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 5.28 |
Heating Ability | |
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | |
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 38 / 3.53 |
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 7.50 / 0.70 |
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 588 / 54.65 |
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 588 / 54.65 |
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 249.55 |
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 1109 |
Same as above plus superheater percentage | 1109 |
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 5620 |
Power L1 | 2930 |
Power MT | 270.14 |