2-2-0 Steam Locomotives in Great Britain

Midland Counties


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class unknown (Locobase 9059)

Data from Entry 218, "Model of 'Bury' Passenger locomotive (working)1907 Catalogue of Mechanical Engineering Collection in the Science Division of the Victoria & Albert Museum, South Kensington ( London, Pub. for H.M. Stationery office 1919), p 113; and Francis Wishaw, The Railways of Great Britain and Ireland (London: Robson, Levey & Franklyn, 1842), pp, 332,

See Locobase 653 for a discussion of Bury's D-shaped firebox design. These used bar frames, an unusual choice for a British builder in those days of plate framing.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Classunknown
Locobase ID9059
RailroadMidland Counties
CountryGreat Britain
Whyte2-2-0
Number in Class40
Road Numbers1-36, 49-52
GaugeStd
Number Built40
BuilderBury
Year1840
Valve Gear
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)10.42 / 3.18
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)13,440 / 6096
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)24,640 / 11,177
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)14,560 / 6604
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)39,200 / 17,781
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)768 / 2.91
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) 0.60 / 1
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)22 / 11
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)66 / 1676
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)55 / 340
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)12" x 18" / 305x457
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)1836 / 832.80
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 7.32
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)86 - 1.875" / 48
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)38 / 3.53
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 7.60 / 0.71
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)400 / 37.17
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)400 / 37.17
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume169.77
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation418
Same as above plus superheater percentage418
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area2090
Power L11515
Power MT248.51

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