Lake Erie & Detroit River 4-4-0 Locomotives in Canada


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class E6 (Locobase 9289)

Data from PM 3 1929 Locomotive Diagrams supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive Rail Data Exchange. Roster information from the CLC list compiled by Connelly and supplied by Allen Stanley.

Works numbers for the Kingston Brothers Locomotive Works (predecessor of the CLC) ran 400-402. In 1902, the LE & DR (itself an 1891 reorganization of the Lake Erie, Essex & Detroit River Railway) agreed to be leased for 21 years by the Canadian arm of the Pere Marquette. A year later, the railway was in fact absorbed into the PM.

NB: Diagram shows only tube heating surface, not total.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
ClassE6
Locobase ID9289
RailroadLake Erie & Detroit River (PM)
CountryCanada
Whyte4-4-0
Number in Class4
Road Numbers4-6 / 15-17 / 801-804
GaugeStd
Number Built4
BuilderCanadian Locomotive Co
Year1892
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)9 / 2.74
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)23.92 / 7.29
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.38
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)47 / 14.33
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)54,900 / 24,902
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)86,300 / 39,145
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)61,000 / 27,669
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)147,300 / 66,814
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)2500 / 9.47
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)7 / 6
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)46 / 23
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)67 / 1702
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)140 / 970
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)17" x 24" / 432x610
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)12,319 / 5587.81
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.46
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)191 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)11.92 / 3.63
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)15 / 1.39
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1190 / 110.59
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1190 / 110.59
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume188.59
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation2100
Same as above plus superheater percentage2100
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area
Power L1
Power MT

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