Peking-Kalgan 2-6-2 Locomotives in China


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 31 (Locobase 12964)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 32, p. 41 . Works numbers were 33174-33175 in January 1909.

Requirements for this pair of side tanks included a guarantee "...to haul 625-650 [long] tons ...up a grade of 1 foot in 125 feet [little more than 0.4%]." Their dimensions matched exactly those of a set of California Northwestern logging tanks from 1903 (Locobase 8173).


Class 51 (Locobase 12963)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 36, p. 338 . Works numbers were 34815-34818 in June 1910 and 52337-52357 in September 1919.

Described as "suburbans" in contemporary reports, these small tanks were well-suited demands for acceleration and bi-directional operation. They seem to have performed satisfactorily because the railway ordered three more nine years later.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class3151
Locobase ID12964 12963
RailroadPeking-KalganPeking-Kalgan
CountryChinaChina
Whyte2-6-2T2-6-2ST
Number in Class27
Road Numbers31-3251-57
GaugeStdStd
Number Built27
BuilderBaldwinBaldwin
Year19091910
Valve GearStephensonStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 8.40 / 2.5610 / 3.05
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)22.50 / 6.8625.75 / 7.85
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.37 0.39
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)22.50 / 6.8625.75 / 7.85
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)83,520 / 37,88487,000 / 39,463
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)116,420 / 52,807111,000 / 50,349
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)1500 / 5.681600 / 6.06
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) 3.40 / 3
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)46 / 2348 / 24
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)46 / 116844 / 1118
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)180 / 1240180 / 1240
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)17" x 22" / 432x55916" x 24" / 406x610
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)21,147 / 9592.1321,364 / 9690.56
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 3.95 4.07
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)190 - 2" / 51152 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)10.21 / 3.1113.54 / 4.13
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)91.60 / 8.5190 / 8.36
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)14.40 / 1.3414.40 / 1.34
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1099 / 102.141161 / 107.90
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1099 / 102.141161 / 107.90
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume190.15207.88
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation25922592
Same as above plus superheater percentage25922592
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area16,48816,200
Power L137183808
Power MT294.42289.49

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