Athens-Laurium 0-6-0 Locomotives in Greece


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class unknown (Locobase 12123)

Data from M A Mallet, "Developpment de L'Application du System Compound", Memoirs ...Societe des Ingenieurs Civils, Annee [Juillet] 1890, Vol II (Paris: SIC, 1890). table pp. 42-43.

Mallet's own 2-cylinder cross-compounding system.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Classunknown
Locobase ID12123
RailroadAthens-Laurium
CountryGreece
Whyte0-6-0T
Number in Class
Road Numbers
GaugeMetre
Number Built
BuilderKessler
Year1883
Valve Gear
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)56,218 / 25,500
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)56,218 / 25,500
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)56,218 / 25,500
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)31 / 15.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)35.40 / 900
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)145 / 10
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)12.6" x 20.87" / 320x530 (1)
Low Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)18.9" x 20.87" / 480x530 (1)
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)7986 / 3622.39
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 7.04
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)893.08 / 83
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)518 / 48.10
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)518 / 48.10
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume343.97
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation129,497
Same as above plus superheater percentage129,497
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area
Power L1
Power MT

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