Samarang-Cheribon Stoomtram Mij 4-6-0 Locomotives in Indonesia


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class C54 (Locobase 4746)

Data from 1946 Beyer, Peacock catalogue hosted on Martyn Bane's website at [] (accessed 21 May 2006). Works numbers were 4537-4546 (SCS 201-206) and 4449-4454 (SCS 207-213).

According to [], last accessed 7 June 2006, this tramway ran in Central Java. It was constructed between 1897 and 1914 and totalled 373 km (231 miles). Over a fifteen-year period ending in 1907, Beyer, Peacock delivered a series of 0-4-0T tram sets for the trains that served the 26 sugar mills on the line.

Fifteen years later the company added this sextet of Tenwheelers to take advantage of a newly expanded main line. Each locomotive came equipped with a Knorr-Bremse feed water heater and purifier that fed water to the boiler through the rear steam dome. As in most BP locomotives, a square-shouldered Belpaire firebox created the steam.

According to the site's author, Indra Krishnamurti, "It became a significant partner to the SS [the principal state railway] in the Jakarta-Semarang passenger trains."

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

ClassC54
Locobase ID4746
RailroadSamarang-Cheribon Stoomtram Mij
CountryIndonesia
Whyte4-6-0
Number in Class13
Road Numbers201-213/C5401-5413
Gauge3'6"
Number Built13
BuilderHartmann
Year1922
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)58,643 / 26,600
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)85,098 / 38,600
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)33 / 16.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)49.20 / 1250
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)171.10 / 11.80
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)15.75" x 20.47" / 400x520
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)15,010 / 6808.43
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 3.91
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)19.37 / 1.80
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)874 / 81.20
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)312 / 29
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1186 / 110.20
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume189.35
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation3314
Same as above plus superheater percentage4176
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area
Power L1
Power MT

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