Java 0-4-2 Locomotives in Indonesia


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class unknown (Locobase 12520)

Data from "Manufactures - Supplies - New Locomotive Equipment", Railway Age, Volume 30 (26 October 1900), p. 339. Works numbers were 1205-1207 in February 1900.

Arthur Koppel, then a broker in Brussels, ordered these 3 side tanks for Java from the Scranton-based Dickson Locomotive Works.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Classunknown
Locobase ID12520
RailroadJava
CountryIndonesia
Whyte0-4-2T
Number in Class3
Road Numbers
Gauge3'6"
Number Built3
BuilderDickson
Year1900
Valve GearWalschaert
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)23,000 / 10,433
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)400 / 1.52
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)28 / 711
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)180 / 1240
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)8" x 12" / 203x305
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)4197 / 1903.73
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort)
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)76 - 1.5" / 38
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 4.50 / 0.42
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation810
Same as above plus superheater percentage810
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area
Power L1
Power MT

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