2-10-0 Steam Locomotives in China

TongPu


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 301/DK 51 (Locobase 21287)

Data from Krupp im Dienst der Dampflokomotive (Essen, Germany: 1940), p 102. Henschel & Sohn works numbers were 22952-22956 in 1936 and 23550-23554 in 1937. Orenstein & Koppel supplied five including works number 12952 for engine 324. Krupp works numbers were 1701-1705 in July 1937.

Three years after the Essen-based mega-industry that was Friedrich Krupp supplied thirteen Mogul locomotives to the Tongpu (also transliterated as Tung-pu) later renamed Datong-Puzhou), five larger, more powerful metre-gauge Decapods emerged to join them. (See Locobase 21286 for more on the railway and a cite to a much fuller account.)

Locobase has found no other Decapod built for the same gauge, but three German builders agreed to produce them. In this instance, adding two more driven axles maintained the required axle loading (ca 16,500 kg) while larger-diameter cylinders and smaller drivers generated about 50% more starting tractive effort.

After the Chinese Communist victory in 1949, the railways redesignated the class DK 51.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class301/DK 51
Locobase ID21287
RailroadTongPu
CountryChina
Whyte2-10-0
Number in Class25
Road Numbers301-325
GaugeMetre
Number Built25
Builderseveral
Year1936
Valve GearWalschaert
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)82,673 / 37,500
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)94,137 / 42,700
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)72,312 / 32,800
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)166,449 / 75,500
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)3696 / 14
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) 7.20 / 6.50
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)28 / 14
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)39.40 / 1000
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)191 / 1300
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)17.72" x 19.69" / 450x500
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)25,476 / 11555.73
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 3.25
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)22.60 / 2.10
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1211 / 112.50
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1211 / 112.50
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume215.47
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation4317
Same as above plus superheater percentage4317
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area
Power L1
Power MT

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