2-8-0 Steam Locomotives in Indonesia

Staatsspoorwegen


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class D50 - original (Locobase 4755)

Data from dspace.dial.pipex.com/javatour/ambarawa/locos/DSM28.htm, a site for the Ambarawa Railway Museum maintained by Rob Dickinson; see also E Lassueur, "Recent Locomotives for the Dutch Indies Railways," Locomotive Magazine, Volume XXVIII [28] (15 November 1922), pp. 299-302.

See Indra Krishnamurti at [] for building dates and numbers both of predecessor railways and the Indonesian State Railways.

As many as 42 of these wood-burning Consolidations were delivered to the Staatspoorwegen; another 11 to Staatspoorwegen-Zuid Sumatra. As was typical of many Continental freight designs, the boiler rode well above the running gear, leaving a broad gap between them. Stability questions posed by so high a boiler centreline on a narrow gauge with 120 m curve radii were met by allowing 70 mm (2.7") play to either side in the Adams truck axle and 30 mm (2.2") traverse to each side in the last coupled axle.

At a maximum valve cutoff of 40%, these engines were required to haul 550 tons up a 0.4% grade at 30 kph (18.6 mph) and hit 50 kph (31 mph) on the level.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
ClassD50 - original
Locobase ID4755
RailroadStaatsspoorwegen
CountryIndonesia
Whyte2-8-0
Number in Class65
Road NumbersD5001-5065
Gauge3'6"
Number Built65
Builderseveral
Year1914
Valve GearWalschaert
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)22.47 / 6.85
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)47.97 / 14.62
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)22,046 / 10,000
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)87,744 / 39,800
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)105,822 / 48,000
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)76,280 / 34,600
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)182,102 / 82,600
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)4224 / 16
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) 5.50 / 5
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)37 / 18.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)43.50 / 1106
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)174 / 1200
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)19.09" x 20.08" / 485x510
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)24,880 / 11285.39
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 3.53
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)24.22 / 2.25
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1004 / 93.30
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)327 / 30.40
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1331 / 123.70
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume150.93
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation4214
Same as above plus superheater percentage5268
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area
Power L1
Power MT

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