Taskmadoe Sugar 0-8-0 Locomotives in Indonesia


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class unknown (Locobase 20906)

Data from "Types of Locomotives-Messrs. Henschel and Sohn" Far Eastern Economic Review (October 1914), pp. 141-143. Works number was 11917 in 1913.

This small industrial tank negotiated the tight curves of a sugar plantation using its Klien-Lindner axle system. (See Locobase 3616 for a description of this successful hollow-axle design.)

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Classunknown
Locobase ID20906
RailroadTaskmadoe Sugar
CountryIndonesia
Whyte0-8-0T
Number in Class1
Road Numbers
Gauge75 cm
Number Built1
BuilderHenschel & Sohn
Year1913
Valve GearHeusinger
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 7.55 / 2.30
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) 7.55 / 2.30
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase1
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) 7.55 / 2.30
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)32,628 / 14,800
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)25,309 / 11,480
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)528 / 2
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)14 / 7
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)24.80 / 630
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)171.10 / 1180
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)9.45" x 11.81" / 240x300
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)6185 / 2805.47
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 5.28
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 5.27 / 0.49
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)259 / 24.10
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)259 / 24.10
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume270.15
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation902
Same as above plus superheater percentage902
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area
Power L1
Power MT

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