Cardiff 0-6-2 Locomotives in Great_Britain


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class unknown (Locobase 6321)

Data from chart of locomotives in service on 3 colliery lines on 1 Jan 1948 published on [link] (viewed 12 Oct 2004).

Although seen on the Lambton site, this class came originally from the Cardiff Railway, a line incorporated in 1897 by the Bute Docks Company. Since the two locomotives in the Lambton table have earlier building dates (3069 in 1887 and 3580 in 1894), they either served the docks before the CR was organized or they came from another railway through purchase. In any case, they are small versions of the standard Kitson radial tank built in the hundreds for coal railways in South Wales.

The CR's 11 1/2 miles of main line put it at a disadvantage with larger lines such as the Taff Vale and the Rhymney. So it was probably with some relief that the line was sold to the Great Western in 1921.

At that time, this class of radial tanks were renumbered in the 150 series.


Class unknown (Locobase 10687)

Data from "Railway Notes -- Cardiff Ry", The Locomotive Magazine, Vol XV (15 February 1909), p. 22 and 15 December 1909, p. 222.

These were three of the many "Welsh 0-6-2T" type that dominated motive power rosters on the short-haul coal and dock railways of the early 20th Century. The Cardiffs differed somewhat in having Belpaire fireboxes.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Classunknownunknown
Locobase ID6321 10687
RailroadCardiffCardiff
CountryGreat BritainGreat Britain
Whyte0-6-2T0-6-2T
Number in Class3
Road Numbers33-35
GaugeStdStd
Number Built3
BuilderKitson & CoKitson & Co
Year18871908
Valve GearStephensonStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)13.42 / 4.0914.50 / 4.42
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)19.25 / 5.8720.33 / 6.20
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.70 0.71
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)19.25 / 5.8720.33 / 6.20
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)34,272 / 15,546
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)88,928 / 40,337
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)114,240 / 51,818148,960 / 67,567
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)2000 / 7.582760 / 10.45
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) 2.80 / 3 2.20 / 2
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)49 / 24.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)54 / 137254.50 / 1384
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)150 / 1030175 / 1210
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)17.5" x 26" / 445x66018.5" x 26" / 470x660
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)18,800 / 8527.5524,287 / 11016.41
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.73
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)190 - 1.625" / 41
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)10.75 / 3.28
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)96.50 / 8.97107 / 9.94
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)21 / 1.9521 / 1.95
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)966 / 89.781301 / 120.91
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)966 / 89.781301 / 120.91
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume133.46160.84
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation31503675
Same as above plus superheater percentage31503675
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area14,47518,725
Power L127023608
Power MT200.96

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