Data from "Some 'Old Timers,' Great Southern Railway, India", Locomotive Magazine, Volume XVII (15 June 1911), p. 131-132. Works numbers were 152-157.
The LM report says that this sextet was of a design very like engines delivered at the same time to the London & South Western. A photo shows a large wheel on the right side above the running board and between the splashers covering each driver. Is it an engine handbrake? Hard to say.
Other than the long sunshade over the footplate, the engine is quite British,as was the railway. The GS of I was laid over a 166.5 mile (268 km) route between Negapatam and Erode. It was gradually converted to the metre gauge beginning 1879 and incorporated into the South Indian Railway system.
| Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | unknown |
| Locobase ID | 16087 |
| Railroad | Great Southern |
| Country | India |
| Whyte | 2-4-0 |
| Number in Class | 6 |
| Road Numbers | |
| Gauge | 5'6" |
| Number Built | 6 |
| Builder | Beyer, Peacock |
| Year | 1860 |
| 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) | |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | |
| Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | |
| Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 1200 / 4.55 |
| 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) | 60 / 1524 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 140 / 970 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 14" x 22" / 356x559 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 8552 / 3879.13 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 132 - 2" / 51 |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 10.29 / 3.14 |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 74 / 6.87 |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 16 / 1.49 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 785 / 72.93 |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 785 / 72.93 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 200.27 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 2240 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 2240 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 10,360 |
| Power L1 | 4125 |
| Power MT | |