Siracusa-Licata / FSE 0-6-0 Locomotives in Italy
Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media
Class 11 (Locobase 6188)
Data from [
] (30 June 2004). This website celebrates the Ferrovie de Sud-Est; see Locobase 6186. Works number was 637 or 638, according to Josef Pospichal's listing of the "Societa anonima delle ferrovie sussidiate".
This lone SLM joined eleven Sussidiate locomotives built by SA St Leonard as the 72-km (45 mile) Sussidiate took over operations in southeastern Italy. Locobase couldn't establish its provenance for quite some time until Allen Stanley sent him a copy of Jens Merte's SLM builder's list. Both 637 and 638 refer to a pair of locomotives delivered in 1890 to Marsaglia & Cie in San Remo, Italy for use on the Siracusa-Licata railway on the island of Sicily. They operated as road numbers 1-2.
Locobase cannot reconstruct the changing fortunes that led only one of the two Siracusa-Licata engines ending up on the Sussidiate, which was based in the southern Adriatic coast port of Bari. But a recurring theme refers to the inability of most of these small southeastern railways to make money. Ultimately, they were all rolled into the Ferrovie della Sud-Este in 1931.
| Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | 11 |
| Locobase ID | 6188 |
| Railroad | Siracusa-Licata / FSE |
| Country | Italy |
| Whyte | 0-6-0T |
| Number in Class | 1 |
| Road Numbers | 11 |
| Gauge | Std |
| Number Built | 1 |
| Builder | SLM |
| Year | 1890 |
| Valve Gear | Stephenson |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 9.84 / 3 |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 9.84 / 3 |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 1 |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | 9.84 / 3 |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
| Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 77,823 / 35,300 |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 77,823 / 35,300 |
| Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | 77,823 / 35,300 |
| Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 924 / 3.50 |
| Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | 1.70 / 2 |
| Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 43 / 21.50 |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 51.20 / 1300 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 203.10 / 1400 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 14.96" x 23.63" / 380x600 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 17,831 / 8088.02 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 4.36 |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 161 - 1.811" / 46 |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 13.99 / 1.30 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 870 / 80.85 |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 870 / 80.85 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 180.97 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 2841 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 2841 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | |
| Power L1 | |
| Power MT | |