Tinplate Company of India, Ltd 0-4-0 Locomotives in India


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 1 (Locobase 15004)

Data from Roy V Wright (Ed.) 1922 Locomotive Cyclopedia of American Practice, Sixth Edition (New York: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Company, 1922), p. 999. See also brief history of Tata's Steel City at [link] . Works number was 3174 in 1921.

Rare bird indeed in the 20th Century:a four-coupled switcher trailing a tender. Its destination was a tinplate mill in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, the city built from scratch by industrialist Jamshedji Nausherwanji Tata.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class1
Locobase ID15004
RailroadTinplate Company of India, Ltd
CountryIndia
Whyte0-4-0
Number in Class1
Road Numbers1
Gauge5'6"
Number Built1
BuilderVulcan Iron Works
Year1921
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 6.25 / 1.90
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) 6.25 / 1.90
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase1
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)31.50 / 9.60
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)66,150 / 30,005
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)66,150 / 30,005
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)55 / 27.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)37 / 940
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)180 / 1240
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)15" x 20" / 381x508
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)18,608 / 8440.46
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 3.55
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)66 / 6.13
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)18.60 / 1.73
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)830 / 77.11
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)830 / 77.11
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume202.90
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation3348
Same as above plus superheater percentage3348
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area11,880
Power L13148
Power MT209.83

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