Egyptian State-Luxor to Assouan 0-8-0 Locomotives in Egypt


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 30 (Locobase 20680)

Data from E LAhrons, "Locomotives of the Egyptian State Railways", Locomotive Magazine, Volume 24 (15 January 1918), pp. 8. (DeGolyer, Volume 49, pp. 235+ is missing from the PDF.) Works numbers were 37820-37821 in December 1912.

Shunters suitable in size and power for this Cape Gauge branch connecting Luxor with the Aswan area farther up the Nile.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class30
Locobase ID20680
RailroadEgyptian State-Luxor to Assouan
CountryEgypt
Whyte0-8-0T
Number in Class2
Road Numbers30-31
Gauge3'6"
Number Built2
BuilderBaldwin
Year1912
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)11.33 / 3.45
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)11.33 / 3.45
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase1
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)11.33 / 3.45
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)91,504 / 41,506
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)91,504 / 41,506
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)2400 / 9.09
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)38 / 19
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)42 / 1067
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)180 / 1240
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)16" x 22" / 406x559
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)20,517 / 9306.37
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.46
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)158 - 1.75" / 44
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)10.83 / 3.30
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)82 / 7.62
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)16 / 1.49
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)864 / 80.27
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)864 / 80.27
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume168.76
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation2880
Same as above plus superheater percentage2880
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area14,760
Power L13135
Power MT302.13

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