Calcutta 0-4-0 Locomotives in India


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class unknown (Locobase 3223)

Data from "Dickson Locomotives for India and Japan", Railroad Gazette, Volume XXX [30], No 22 (3 June 1898), p. 391. Works number was 994 in May 1898.

One of the smallest teakettles in Locobase with one of the thinnest stacks.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Classunknown
Locobase ID3223
RailroadCalcutta
CountryIndia
Whyte0-4-0T
Number in Class
Road Numbers
Gauge3'
Number Built
BuilderDickson
Year1898
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)3 / 0.91
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)3 / 0.91
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)12,100 / 5488
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)12,100 / 5488
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)100 / 0.38
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) 0.30
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)10 / 5
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)24 / 610
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)180 / 1240
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)5.5" x 8.84" / 140x225
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)1705 / 773.38
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 7.10
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)44 - 1.5" / 38
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) 4.84 / 1.48
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)14.30 / 1.33
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 3.16 / 0.29
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)98 / 9.11
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)98 / 9.11
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume403.16
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation569
Same as above plus superheater percentage569
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area2574
Power L15021
Power MT1829.65

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