Bristol & Exeter 0-6-0 Locomotives in Great_Britain


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 116 (Locobase 10111)

Data from "Locomotives of the Bristol & Exeter Railway," The Locomotive & Railway Carriage & Wagon Review, Vol IV (March 1899), p. 35. Works numbers 2530-2539. Boiler pressure is an estimate.

These relatively small freight locomotives were completed for the B & E not quite a year before that bridge line (Bristol to Exeter, i.e.) was formally absorbed by the Great Western where they were renumbered 1366-1375.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class116
Locobase ID10111
RailroadBristol & Exeter
CountryGreat Britain
Whyte0-6-0
Number in Class10
Road Numbers116-125 / 1366-1375
GaugeStd
Number Built10
BuilderSharp, Stewart
Year1875
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)15.33 / 4.67
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)15.33 / 4.67
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)
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)
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)
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)60 / 1524
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)140 / 970
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)17" x 24" / 432x610
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)13,756 / 6239.62
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort)
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)189 - 1.75" / 44
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)117 / 10.87
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)14.50 / 1.35
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)964 / 89.59
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)964 / 89.59
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume152.89
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation2030
Same as above plus superheater percentage2030
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area16,380
Power L13439
Power MT

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