Data from "Express Passenger Engines: Madras Railway", Railway Engineering, Volume XXII [22], No 2 (March 1901), pp. 69-71.
C E Phipps, Madras Railway's superintendent of locomotives, carriages, and wagons, designed the general outline of this class of express mail locomotives and included a few design details of his own. RE's report noted the "very heavy demand" placed on the locomotive by a line that featured 80 miles (129 km) of grades climbing at 1 in 100 (1%) and nearly 200 miles (322 km) of 0.5% grades. Train loads on this line averaged 180-200 tons.
Although the Singareni Mines' coal was free burning and created a very hot fire, it was very dirty with large quantities of ash and clinker. Phipps designed a rocking grate that shrug off the ash and dirt from below without interfering with the fire. It was a success, reported RE, which added that it had been fitted to "all coal burning engines on the Madras Railway, and ...found to be most effective."
Kitson's bogie design allowed sideways travel through swing links, each of which was carried on two pins.
Locobase 13587 shows a 1902 batch that had slightly more cylinder volume and more heating surface area.
Data from Charles Rous-Martens, "British Locomotives for Abroad", Page's Magazine, Volume III, No 2 (August 1903), p. 116.
This was another batch of Phipps' express mail design (see Locobase 20540) of 1899.
Data from "Madras Railway Type 4.6.0", Locomotives Constructed by Kitson & Co (Leeds: n.d.). Works numbers were 4448-4459 in 1906 and 4515-4526 in 1907.
Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |||
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Class | unknown | unknown | unknown |
Locobase ID | 20540 | 13587 | 21003 |
Railroad | Madras | Madras | Madras |
Country | India | India | India |
Whyte | 4-4-0 | 4-4-0 | 4-4-0 |
Number in Class | 24 | ||
Road Numbers | |||
Gauge | 5'6" | 5'6" | 5'6" |
Number Built | 24 | ||
Builder | Kitson & Co | Kitson & Co | Kitson & Co |
Year | 1899 | 1902 | 1906 |
Valve Gear | Stephenson | Stephenson | Stephenson |
Locomotive Length and Weight | |||
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 8.33 / 2.54 | 14.25 / 4.34 | |
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 21.12 / 6.44 | 27.25 / 8.31 | |
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 0.39 | 0.52 | |
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | 42.97 / 13.10 | 51.61 / 15.73 | |
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |||
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 67,200 / 30,481 | 110,544 / 50,142 | |
Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 102,144 / 46,332 | 101,136 / 45,875 | 148,176 / 67,212 |
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | 71,120 / 32,260 | 82,880 / 37,594 | 101,696 / 46,129 |
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | 173,264 / 78,592 | 184,016 / 83,469 | 249,872 / 113,341 |
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 2424 / 9.18 | 3240 / 12.27 | 4800 / 18.18 |
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | 6.60 / 6 | 8.40 / 8 | 8.25 / 7.50 |
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 56 / 28 | 92 / 46 | |
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |||
Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 72 / 1829 | 72 / 1829 | 74 / 1880 |
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 160 / 1100 | 160 / 1100 | 180 / 1240 |
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 18.5" x 26" / 470x660 | 18.5" x 26" / 470x660 | 20" x 26" / 508x660 |
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 16,808 / 7623.99 | 16,808 / 7623.99 | 21,503 / 9753.61 |
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 4.00 | 5.14 | |
Heating Ability | |||
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 218 - 1.75" / 44 | ||
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |||
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 10.50 / 3.20 | ||
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 108.76 / 10.10 | 116.50 / 10.82 | 158 / 14.68 |
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 22 / 2.04 | 32 / 2.97 | |
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1196 / 111.11 | 1402 / 130.25 | 2037 / 189.24 |
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |||
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1196 / 111.11 | 1402 / 130.25 | 2037 / 189.24 |
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 147.86 | 173.32 | 215.47 |
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |||
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 3520 | 5760 | |
Same as above plus superheater percentage | 3520 | 5760 | |
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 17,402 | 18,640 | 28,440 |
Power L1 | 4130 | 4710 | 6638 |
Power MT | 270.98 | 264.77 |