2-4-0 Steam Locomotives in France

Usines de Creusot


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class Type 82 (Locobase 21211)

Data from "Locomotives", Type 82, Usines du Creusot-Schneider et Cie (Creusot: A Temporal, 1875), n.a. Works numbers were 1801-1802 in 1875.

This pair of industrial tank locomotives went to work for the Mines de Creusot in that city and Cretaux.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
ClassType 82
Locobase ID21211
RailroadUsines de Creusot
CountryFrance
Whyte2-4-0
Number in Class2
Road Numbers
Gauge5'
Number Built2
BuilderSchneider-Creusot
Year1875
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 5.91 / 1.80
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) 5.91 / 1.80
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase1
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) 5.91 / 1.80
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)34,833 / 15,800
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)34,833 / 15,800
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)29 / 14.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)35 / 890
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)126.20 / 870
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)11.02" x 16.93" / 280x430
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)6301 / 2858.09
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 5.53
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)105 - 1.693" / 43
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) 8.04 / 2.45
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)39.83 / 3.70
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 6.89 / 0.64
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)431 / 40
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)431 / 40
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume230.61
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation870
Same as above plus superheater percentage870
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area5027
Power L12482
Power MT314.18

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