Newcastle, Granite & Whinstone Co 0-4-0 Locomotives in Great_Britain


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class Mountaineer (Locobase 7536)

Data from [link], last accessed 10 June 2006, which reprints pages 176-180 from the INDUSTRIAL RAILWAY RECORD Vol 17.

This tiny little saddle tank seems to have been the first locomotive to operate on this Yorkshire quarry railway. L. G. Charlton says this was believed to be works number 1446. In service, it was credited with a trailing load of 12 to 14 tons. It was withdrawn in 1920 in favor of a gasoline-powered Whitcomb engine.

So small was the engine that when it was offered to the Festinog Railway in October 1924, the latter declined because it saw no need for such a peanut.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
ClassMountaineer
Locobase ID7536
RailroadNewcastle, Granite & Whinstone Co
CountryGreat Britain
Whyte0-4-0ST
Number in Class1
Road Numbers
Gauge60 cm
Number Built1
BuilderHurst, Nelson & Co, Ltd
Year1902
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)11,772 / 5340
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)11,772 / 5340
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)120 / 0.45
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)10 / 5
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)18 / 457
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)140 / 970
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)6" x 9" / 152x229
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)2142 / 971.60
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 5.50
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) 9.70 / 0.90
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)88 / 8.18
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)88 / 8.18
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume298.79
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation
Same as above plus superheater percentage
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area1358
Power L11947
Power MT729.26

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