0-4-0 Steam Locomotives in Congo

C.F.Vicinaux du Mayumbe


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class CI (Locobase 21243)

Data from reprint of SA Saint-Leonard data sheet for Serie CI (1898), 1903 Saint-Leonard Catalogue. Works numbers were 1160-1165 in 1898.

A small, narrow-gauge railway typically needs very small locomotives and this Belgian builder supplied a suitable sextet. Equipped with the mimimum, the engines sported large, vase-shaped spark-arresting stacks to reduce the danger of line-side fires from buring wood.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
ClassCI
Locobase ID21243
RailroadC.F.Vicinaux du Mayumbe
CountryCongo
Whyte0-4-0T
Number in Class6
Road Numbers
Gauge60 cm
Number Built6
BuilderSA Saint Leonard
Year1898
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 5.25 / 1.60
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) 5.25 / 1.60
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase1
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) 5.25 / 1.60
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)24,692 / 11,200
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)24,692 / 11,200
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)264 / 1
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) / 0.50
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)21 / 10.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)23.60 / 600
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)203.10 / 1400
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)7.68" x 11.81" / 195x300
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)5096 / 2311.51
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.85
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)76 - 1.614" / 41
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) 4.76 / 1.45
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)25.30 / 2.35
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 5.60 / 0.52
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)178 / 16.55
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)178 / 16.55
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume281.11
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation1137
Same as above plus superheater percentage1137
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area5138
Power L13842
Power MT686.06

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