0-6-0 Steam Locomotives in France

Tramway Tran-Garonne


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class unknown (Locobase 7985)

Data from [] (accessed 1 December 2006), a website devoted to the Tramway Tarn-Garonne (TTG).

Although the site shows the locomotive, it does not specifically state that the fourteen Corpet & Louvet engines were built to this particular specification. Like many French locomotives, these Corpets had Serve fire tubes with internal fins.

In fact, the TTG site notes that C&L locomotives ranged widely across the Freycinet Plan secondary lines that sprouted all over France after passage of supporting legislation in 1879. Planned for 8,700 km (5,400 sm) of narrow-gauge lines in all the sub-prefects in France, the network nearly reached that goal before its completion in 1914.

The TTG itself operated between the Tarn and Garonne rivers in southwestern France. Its principal hub was Montauban.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Classunknown
Locobase ID7985
RailroadTramway Tran-Garonne
CountryFrance
Whyte0-6-0T
Number in Class
Road Numbers
GaugeMetre
Number Built
BuilderCorpet, Louvet & Cie
Year1900
Valve GearWalschaert
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 6.69 / 2.04
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) 6.69 / 2.04
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase1
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) 6.69 / 2.04
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)44,092 / 20,000
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)44,092 / 20,000
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)536 / 2.03
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) 0.60 / 1
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)24 / 12
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)37.40 / 950
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)181.30 / 1250
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)11.81" x 14.96" / 300x380
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)8598 / 3899.99
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 5.13
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)87 - 2.756" / 70
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 6.35 / 0.59
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)416 / 38.64
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)416 / 38.64
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume219.32
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation1151
Same as above plus superheater percentage1151
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area
Power L1
Power MT

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