Shrewsbury & Chester 2-4-0 Locomotives in Great_Britain


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 24 (Locobase 16105)

Data from drawing archived at [link], last accessed 26 July 2015. Works numbers were 342-345 in 1854.

A note in the archives directory says that these engines were completed in 1854, but not paid for until 1857.


Class 5 (Locobase 10198)

Data from "An Early Shrewsbury and Chester Engine", The Locomotive Magazine, Vol VI (August 1901), p. 137..

The photograph illustrating this early passenger engine gives Locobase the impression of a clumsily built model of a "typical" engine. It's probably the large hubs on the drivers and the latter's spindly spokes, a very large leading wheel with spokes resembling those of a wagon wheel, the bare splashers over the upper segment of each driver, and the 4-cornered haystack boiler.

Essentially a Longboiler with an uncoupled front axle, this engine passed into Great Western hands in 1854. In 1865, the engine led a double-headed train and ran off the rails at Rednal. The driver and several passengers were killed. The locomotive was scrapped three years later.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class245
Locobase ID16105 10198
RailroadShrewsbury & ChesterShrewsbury & Chester
CountryGreat BritainGreat Britain
Whyte2-4-02-4-0
Number in Class41
Road Numbers24, 26, 30-315
GaugeStdStd
Number Built41
BuilderVulcan FoundryLongridge
Year18571846
Valve GearStephensonGab
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 8.25 / 2.51
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)15.25 / 4.6512.75 / 3.89
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.54
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)1680 / 6.36540 / 2.05
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)56.50 / 143566 / 1676
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)90 / 62090 / 620
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)16" x 24" / 406x61014.5" x 24" / 368x610
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)8319 / 3773.445849 / 2653.06
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort)
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)125 - 1.75" / 44
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) / 5.3958 / 5.39
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)15 / 1.39
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1157 / 107.49788 / 73.23
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1157 / 107.49788 / 73.23
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume207.16171.79
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation1350
Same as above plus superheater percentage1350
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area5220
Power L12327
Power MT

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