CF de L'Eure 0-6-0 Locomotives in France


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class unknown (Locobase 9145)

Data from A. Sampite, Les Chemins de Fer a Faible Trafic en France (Paris: Baudry et Cie, 1888), p. 49. See also [link] for a history of these Freycinet Plan railways.

This network near Orleans included several lignes d'Interet Local and they procured two main types of small, 6-coupled tanks. The Creuzot version is shown in Locobase 9144. This set of engines, which came from Cail and from Fives-Lille, had smaller grates and taller drivers as well as more heating surface area.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Classunknown
Locobase ID9145
RailroadCF de L'Eure
CountryFrance
Whyte0-6-0T
Number in Class14
Road Numbers
GaugeStd
Number Built14
Builderseveral
Year1878
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)10.17 / 3.10
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)10.17 / 3.10
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase1
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)10.17 / 3.10
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)72,752 / 33,000
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)72,752 / 33,000
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)40 / 20
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)55.10 / 1400
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)120.40 / 830
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)15.75" x 23.62" / 400x600
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)10,883 / 4936.45
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 6.68
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)11.84 / 1.10
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)979 / 91
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)979 / 91
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume183.81
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation1426
Same as above plus superheater percentage1426
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area
Power L1
Power MT

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