2-8-2 Steam Locomotives in China

Tientsin-Pukow


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 281/JF11 (Locobase 15465)

Data from DeGolyer, Volume 79, pp. 458+. (Thanks to Teemu Koivumaki for his 4 Janaury 2025 email noting the Nasmyth Wilson locomotives that repeated the design tthree years later.) Works numbers were 60906-60915 in July 1929.

Ten superheated Mikados probably added a good deal of power to the T-P. They had generously sized fireboxes, whose direct heating surface area included 48 sq ft (4.45 sq m) in the combustion chamber and 23 sq ft (2.15 sq m) in the arch tubes. A comparably scaled superheater created hotter steam that was admitted to the cylinders through 11" (279 mm) piston valves.

These were left-hand drive engines with slightly flared copper-top stacks.

The Nasmyth Wilson locomotives that repeated the design appear in Locobase 20310.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class281/JF11
Locobase ID15465
RailroadTientsin-Pukow
CountryChina
Whyte2-8-2
Number in Class10
Road Numbers281-290
GaugeStd
Number Built10
BuilderBaldwin
Year1929
Valve GearWalschaert
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)15 / 4.57
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)31.83 / 9.70
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.47
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)46.25 / 14.10
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)140,000 / 63,503
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)190,000 / 86,183
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)124,150 / 56,314
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)314,150 / 142,497
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)6600 / 25
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)10.10 / 9
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)58 / 29
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)54 / 1372
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)200 / 1380
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)20" x 28" / 508x711
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)35,259 / 15993.23
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 3.97
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)139 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)24 - 5.375" / 137
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)16.25 / 4.95
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)225 / 20.90
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)43.50 / 4.04
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1947 / 180.88
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)443 / 41.16
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)2390 / 222.04
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume191.24
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation8700
Same as above plus superheater percentage10,353
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area53,550
Power L112,480
Power MT786.10

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