Vittorio Emanuele 0-4-2 Locomotives in Italy
Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media
Class 28/214/Copernico/FS 116 (Locobase 20608)
Data from Ferrovie Dell' Alta Italia, Album Delle Locomotive (Torino, 1o Luglio 1876), T23. (For roster details, see Josef Pospichal's Lokstatistik at [
], last accessed 15 August 2019.)
Cail's sextet of 0-4-2 locomotives had the taller drivers of a passenger engine. It was delivered with slotted splashers over both driver sets, a drum-like steam dome with hemispherical cap over the first driving axle.
According to Josef Pospichal's detailed inventory research, this class was originally delivered to the VE. Altogether, however, this class operated for five different railways, two of which gave each engine a name (but not the same one) and in seven different road number series, Pospichal says a researcher named Holzinger said the 28-33 was renumbered 91-96. The Ferrate dello Stato Piemontese renumbered the class (possibly twice), first 214-219 and later 223-228. The Strade Ferrate d' Alta Italia (SFAI) named its 259-264 Copernico, Vignola, Tintoretto, Soave, Poliziano, and Fulton, respectively.
Taken into the Rete Mediterranea (RM) network in 1885 and numbered 2750-2755. The RM renamed the first engine Cavalieri and the last Cicognara. 2782 was retired by 1902, but the others all went into the FS as their Gruppo FS 116. All were retired by 1911.
| Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | 28/214/Copernico/FS 116 |
| Locobase ID | 20608 |
| Railroad | Vittorio Emanuele |
| Country | Italy |
| Whyte | 0-4-2 |
| Number in Class | 6 |
| Road Numbers | 28-33/214-219/259-264/2780-2785 |
| Gauge | Std |
| Number Built | 6 |
| Builder | Cail |
| Year | 1860 |
| Valve Gear | Stephenson |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 7.05 / 2.15 |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 13.91 / 4.24 |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 0.51 |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | 29.33 / 8.94 |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | 22,487 / 10,200 |
| Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 48,943 / 22,200 |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 59,084 / 26,800 |
| Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | 42,770 / 19,400 |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | 101,854 / 46,200 |
| Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 1848 / 7 |
| Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | 3.30 / 3 |
| Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 41 / 20.50 |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 66.90 / 1700 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 101.50 / 700 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 16.54" x 22.05" / 420x560 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 7779 / 3528.50 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 6.29 |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 170 - 1.969" / 50 |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 10.47 / 3.19 |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 77.50 / 7.20 |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 12.06 / 1.12 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 995 / 92.45 |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 995 / 92.45 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 181.45 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 1224 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 1224 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 7866 |
| Power L1 | 2853 |
| Power MT | 257.02 |