Braunschweig Schoeninger Eisenbahn 0-8-0 Locomotives in Germany


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 4g / KDL 4 Elna (Locobase 4935)

Described on the Hildesheim Peine Kreiseisenbahn (HPKE) website [link] (Dec 2001). This little eight-coupled tank operated on the BSE until 1963, when the HPKE rented it for two years as #181. The line stopped steam service in 1965 and the 181 was retired.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class4g / KDL 4 Elna
Locobase ID4935
RailroadBraunschweig Schoeninger Eisenbahn
CountryGermany
Whyte0-8-0T
Number in Class1
Road Numbers
GaugeStd
Number Built1
BuilderHohenzollern
Year1927
Valve GearHeusinger
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)14.11 / 4.30
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)14.11 / 4.30
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase1
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)123,459 / 56,000
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)123,459 / 56,000
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)123,459 / 56,000
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)1584 / 6
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) 1.80 / 2
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)51 / 25.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)43.30 / 1100
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)170.70 / 1180
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)20.47" x 21.65" / 520x550
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)30,399 / 13788.77
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.06
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)19.80 / 1.84
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)948 / 88.10
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)334 / 31.04
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1282 / 119.14
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume114.96
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation3380
Same as above plus superheater percentage4259
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area
Power L1
Power MT

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