Brooks-Scanlon-O'Brien - BC 2-8-2 Locomotives in Canada


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 2 (Locobase 14692)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Volume 71, pp. 198+. Works numbers were 52726 in December 1919, 55399 in May 1922, and 56291 in March 1923.

This logging Mike is a duplicate of the US-based Brooks-Scanlon 2-8-2s shown in Locobase 14691. Like the #6 of that class, the 2 was originally intended for United Fruit's Guatemala operations as their D-2. Instead, it was apparently diverted and wound up in British Columbia.

As an oil burner, the 2 used a straight stack. The superheater dictated the use of piston valves (8"/203 mm diameter). Steep 5% grades prompted a note that the fire box crown was to be arranged for such inclinations.

Sometime later, the 2 was renumbered 7.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class2
Locobase ID14692
RailroadBrooks-Scanlon-O'Brien - BC
CountryCanada
Whyte2-8-2
Number in Class1
Road Numbers2/7
GaugeStd
Number Built1
BuilderBaldwin
Year1923
Valve GearWalschaert
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)12 / 3.66
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)27.58 / 8.41
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.44
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)50.17 / 15.29
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)118,100 / 53,569
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)144,000 / 65,317
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)88,000 / 39,916
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)232,000 / 105,233
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)4000 / 15.15
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)2000 / 7570
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)49 / 24.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)44 / 1118
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)190 / 1310
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)18" x 24" / 457x610
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)28,541 / 12946.00
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.14
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)164 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)24 - 5.375" / 137
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)12.08 / 3.68
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)141 / 13.10
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)25.50 / 2.37
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1576 / 146.47
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)328 / 30.48
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1904 / 176.95
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume222.91
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation4845
Same as above plus superheater percentage5669
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area31,344
Power L110,313
Power MT770.07

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