Data from John Bourne, CE, Recent Improvements in the Steam-Engine (London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1880), p. 243. See also "Paris Exhibition - Belgian Goods Locomotive", Engineer, (6 September 1867), p 199; and "Locomotives Exhibited at Paris 1 November 1867, p 379
Bourne says only that Kitsons supplied this locomotive to the GLR in the Duchy of Luxembourg. He doesn't indicate how many were in the class. Engineer's report said that the design was a type that had been adopted "...for working on lines having maximum gradients of 1 in 50." They had a working trailing load of 180 tons up a 1 in 55 grade at 20 mph (32 kph). A Belpaire firebox (a Belgian innovation) housed the grate.
The Engineer's comments included a pointed discussion of price advantage: As delivered at Brussels, the locomotive cost 2,400 GB pounds sterling with the tender costing another 400.
| Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | unknown |
| Locobase ID | 8457 |
| Railroad | Great Luxembourg |
| Country | Belgium |
| Whyte | 0-6-0 |
| Number in Class | |
| Road Numbers | |
| Gauge | Std |
| Number Built | |
| Builder | Kitson & Co |
| Year | 1867 |
| Valve Gear | Stephenson |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 12.46 / 3.80 |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 12.46 / 3.80 |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 1 |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | 26,880 / 12,193 |
| Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 80,640 / 36,578 |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 80,640 / 36,578 |
| Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | |
| Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | |
| Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | |
| Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 45 / 22.50 |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 55.80 / 1417 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 116 / 800 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 17.5" x 25.25" / 445x641 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 13,664 / 6197.89 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 5.90 |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 200 - 2" / 51 |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 12.21 / 3.72 |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 92 / 8.55 |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 19.50 / 1.81 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1242 / 115.43 |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1242 / 115.43 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 176.69 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 2262 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 2262 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 10,672 |
| Power L1 | 2612 |
| Power MT | 214.23 |