Ray & Gila Valley 2-4-2 Locomotives in Canada


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 11 (Locobase 15047)

Data from Roy V Wright (Ed.) 1912 Locomotive Cyclopedia of American Practice, Sixth Edition (New York: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Company, 1912), p. 166. See Locobase 13800 for a description of the Ray Consolidated Copper railway. Works number was 4875 in June 1911.

The R&GV listed the engine as "stored" in February 1946. Unlike the other locomotives on the roster, however, this one was shown as "out of service since 1/1930."

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class11
Locobase ID15047
RailroadRay & Gila Valley
CountryCanada
Whyte2-4-2T
Number in Class1
Road Numbers11
Gauge3'6"
Number Built1
BuilderPorter
Year1911
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)7 / 2.13
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)24 / 7.32
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.29
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)24 / 7.32
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)99,300 / 45,042
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)124,000 / 56,246
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)1500 / 5.68
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) 2.50 / 2
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)83 / 41.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)50 / 1270
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)180 / 1240
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)16" x 24" / 406x610
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)18,801 / 8528.00
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 5.28
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)202 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)11.50 / 3.51
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)94.60 / 8.79
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)19.50 / 1.81
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1302 / 120.96
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1302 / 120.96
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume232.92
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation3510
Same as above plus superheater percentage3510
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area17,028
Power L14763
Power MT211.49

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