Cork, Bandon & South Coast 4-6-0 Locomotives in Ireland


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class unknown (Locobase 10570)

Data from "Ten Wheel Tank Locomotive, Cork, Bandon & South Coast Ry," The Locomotive Magazine, Volume XII [12] (15 August 1906), p. 131. Works numbers were 4752, 5265 (1909), 5413 (1910), 5616 (1912), 5822 (1914), 5954 (1919).

Known in later years as the "Bandon Tanks", this class had a relatively short driver wheelbase that permitted operation on more of the mileage served by the successor railways that operated them.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Classunknown
Locobase ID10570
RailroadCork, Bandon & South Coast
CountryIreland
Whyte4-6-0T
Number in Class8
Road Numbers463-470
Gauge5'3"
Number Built8
BuilderBeyer, Peacock
Year1906
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)12.50 / 3.81
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)25.25 / 7.70
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.50
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)25.25 / 7.70
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)94,200 / 42,728
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)126,000 / 57,153
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)1300 / 4.92
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) 3.10 / 3
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)52 / 26
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)62.50 / 1588
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)175 / 1210
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)18" x 24" / 457x610
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)18,507 / 8394.64
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 5.09
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)214 - 1.75" / 44
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)10.97 / 3.34
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)107.50 / 9.99
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)24 / 2.23
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1290 / 119.85
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1290 / 119.85
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume182.50
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation4200
Same as above plus superheater percentage4200
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area18,813
Power L14713
Power MT330.90

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