Bombay, Baroda & Central India 0-6-0 Locomotives in India


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 181 (Locobase 13609)

Data from "Some Foreign Compounds", Locomotive Engineering, Volume VIII, No 1 (January, 1895), p. 29.


Class unknown (Locobase 6380)

Data from Vulcan Foundry catalogue, ca. 1920 ([link]) and [link], which gives the information that these relatively powerful freight locomotives were VF works #1606-1617.


Class unknown (Locobase 13581)

Data from John Robinson, "Modern Locomotives", Van Norstrand's Engineering Magazine, Volume X, No LXI (January 1874), p. 46.

In his discussion of then-modern locomotives, Robinson reported that this engine would draw 694 long tons on the level at 25 mph. Hauling an average load of 490 tons, the engine burned 59 1/4 lb of coal per mile. "A peculiar feature of this engine was the position of the hind axle under the firebox, permitted by the shallowness of the end of the latter [because the grate sloped down from back to front]," said Robinson. There were two purposes to this stubby arrangement. It allowed "... a comparatively short wheel base and an equable distribution of the weight of the engine."

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class181unknownunknown
Locobase ID13609 6380 13581
RailroadBombay, Baroda & Central IndiaBombay, Baroda & Central IndiaBombay, Baroda & Central India
CountryIndiaIndiaIndia
Whyte0-6-00-6-00-6-0
Number in Class12
Road Numbers311-322
Gauge5'6"5'6"5'6"
Number Built12
BuilderNeilson & CoVulcan Foundry
Year189518981874
Valve GearStephensonStephensonStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)15 / 4.5716.42 / 5
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)15 / 4.5716.42 / 5
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase11
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)40.33 / 12.29
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)26,432 / 11,989
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)90,000 / 40,823103,600 / 46,99278,736 / 35,714
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)90,000 / 40,823103,600 / 46,99278,736 / 35,714
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)104,720 / 47,500
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)208,320 / 94,492
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)2000 / 7.584800 / 18.18
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) 8.40 / 8
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)50 / 2558 / 2944 / 22
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)55.50 / 141055.50 / 141055.50 / 1410
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)140 / 970180 / 1240140 / 970
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)19" x 26" / 483x660 (1)18" x 26" / 457x66018" x 24" / 457x610
Low Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)27" x 26" / 686x660 (1)
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)13,460 / 6105.3623,223 / 10533.7916,673 / 7562.75
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 6.69 4.46 4.72
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)222 - 2" / 0
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)11
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)92.43 / 8.59115 / 10.6999 / 9.20
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)20 / 1.8625.50 / 2.37
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1076 / 99.961245 / 115.711377 / 127.93
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1076 / 99.961245 / 115.711377 / 127.93
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume252.22162.58194.81
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation36003570
Same as above plus superheater percentage36003570
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area12,94020,70013,860
Power L1231239573430
Power MT169.90252.62288.12

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