2-6-0 Steam Locomotives in Italy

Torino-Cirie-Lanzo


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class II/Gruppo 874 (Locobase 15144)

Data from cnum_8XAE739, Exposition universelle, Groupe VII. Classes 39 et 40: Industrie des Transports-Chemins de fer et Tramways. Exposition internationale des industries et du travail de Turin 1911 (Paris: Comite Francais des Expositions a l'Etranger, 1911), p. 18. Works numbers 7703-7704 in 1910 and 7884 in 1911.

This little railway was opened in1868 once it reached Venaria Reale. By 1869, the line had five stations along 21.24 km (13.2 mi) running northwest from Turin to end at Cirie and later reached Lanzo, some 32 km (19.9 mi) from Turin. Its role was to haul secondary mixed traffic on a relatilvely light railway.

In 1916, the line opened an extension 10 km (6.2 mi) further to Ceres. This last stop left the railway just 25 km (16 miles) from the French border.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
ClassII/Gruppo 874
Locobase ID15144
RailroadTorino-Cirie-Lanzo
CountryItaly
Whyte2-6-0T
Number in Class
Road Numbers1-3/87401 a 87403
GaugeStd
Number Built
BuilderBorsig
Year1906
Valve GearHeusinger
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)10.17 / 3.10
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)18.04 / 5.50
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.56
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)18.04 / 5.50
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)31,526 / 14,300
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)93,917 / 42,600
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)114,861 / 52,100
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)47,399 / 21,500
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)162,260 / 73,600
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)1320 / 5
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) 2.20 / 2
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)52 / 26
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)54.70 / 1390
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)174 / 1200
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)16.93" x 24.8" / 430x630
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)19,220 / 8718.06
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.89
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)219 - 1.811" / 46
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)10.50 / 3.20
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)96.88 / 9
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)17.76 / 1.65
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1184 / 110
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1184 / 110
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume183.24
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation3090
Same as above plus superheater percentage3090
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area16,857
Power L14096
Power MT288.45

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