Jodhpur State 2-8-2 Locomotives in India


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 085 (Locobase 15291)

Data from DeGolyer, Volume 72, pp. 337+. See also F T Slayton, "Baldwin Locomotives of Modern Types in Service in India", Baldwin Magazine, Volume 4, No. 1 (July 1925), p. 57-58. Works numbers were 58052-58056 in October 1924.

Locobase 14379 refers to the split between Jodhpur and Bikaner railways and shows the Bikaner engines. Baldwin's Slayton wrote that the JR's immediate requirement was locomotives able to handle grain traffic that had grown to 9 trains daily.

This set arrived on the Jodhpur State some six months later. They too had 8" (203 mm) piston valves. The specs note that all wood pieces were to be of teak.

Trial trips showed that the Mikado could handle 75 carloads from Kacham Road, 80 from Merta Road. "Therefore," Slayton asserted, "the railway has been able to increase its tonnage per train fully 75% by acquiring modern engines designed to meet their specific requirements.'

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class085
Locobase ID15291
RailroadJodhpur State
CountryIndia
Whyte2-8-2
Number in Class5
Road Numbers085-089
GaugeMetre
Number Built5
BuilderBaldwin
Year1924
Valve GearWalschaert
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)12.50 / 3.81
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)26.58 / 8.10
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.47
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)48.79 / 14.87
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)20,160 / 9144
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)80,500 / 36,514
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)104,000 / 47,174
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)79,800 / 36,197
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)183,800 / 83,371
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)3600 / 13.64
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) 8.30 / 8
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)34 / 17
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)44 / 1118
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)180 / 1240
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)16" x 22" / 406x559
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)19,584 / 8883.16
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.11
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)87 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)14 - 5.375" / 137
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)16 / 4.88
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)99 / 9.20
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)24.90 / 2.31
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1138 / 105.72
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)265 / 24.62
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1403 / 130.34
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume222.28
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation4482
Same as above plus superheater percentage5334
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area21,206
Power L110,360
Power MT1134.90

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