Agricultural 0-4-0 Locomotives in France


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class unknown (Locobase 7432)

Data from Titre Exposition universelle internationale de 1889 a Paris. Rapports du jury internationale. Auteur - Volume France. Ministere du Commerce, de l'industrie. Picard, Alfred, ed. Volume Groupe VI - -Outillage et precedes des industries mecaniques. Electricite (5e partie) Classes 60 a 63. Rapport sur le materiel des chemins de fer. p. 304 ([link] (accessed 1 September 2005).

This was a tiny agricultural locomotive of orthodox configuration.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Classunknown
Locobase ID7432
RailroadAgricultural
CountryFrance
Whyte0-4-0T
Number in Class
Road Numbers
Gauge80 cm
Number Built
BuilderCail
Year1889
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 2.95 / 0.90
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) 2.95 / 0.90
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase1
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) 2.95 / 0.90
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)11,023 / 5000
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)11,023 / 5000
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)145 / 0.55
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) 0.20
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)9 / 4.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)23.60 / 600
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)130.50 / 900
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)6.5" x 9.45" / 165x240
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)1877 / 851.39
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 5.87
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)35 - 1.575" / 40
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) 4.40 / 1.34
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)12.27 / 1.14
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 1.94 / 0.18
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)81 / 7.50
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)81 / 7.50
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume223.18
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation253
Same as above plus superheater percentage253
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area1601
Power L12013
Power MT805.21

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