Nanyo 0-4-0 Locomotives in Japan


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 3 (Locobase 9635)

Data from Catalogue Descriptive of Simple and Compound Locomotives built by Brooks Locomotive Works, Dunkirk, NY (Buffalo, NY: Matthew-Northrup Company, 1899). Works number was 2778 in July 1897.

The catalogue's photo shows a little tank with cylinders ahead of a short wheelbase and firebox inside a quite oversized cab behind it.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class3
Locobase ID9635
RailroadNanyo
CountryJapan
Whyte0-4-0T
Number in Class1
Road Numbers3
Gauge2'6"
Number Built1
BuilderBrooks
Year1897
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 4.50 / 1.37
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) 4.50 / 1.37
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase1
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) 4.50 / 1.37
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)23,000 / 10,433
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)23,000 / 10,433
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)23,000 / 10,433
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)380 / 1.44
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) 0.50 / 1
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)19 / 9.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)30 / 762
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)150 / 10.30
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)8" x 14" / 203x356
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)3808 / 1727.28
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 6.04
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)56 - 1.625" / 41
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)8 / 2.44
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)22.40 / 2.08
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 4.30 / 0.40
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)234 / 21.75
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)234 / 21.75
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume287.30
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation645
Same as above plus superheater percentage645
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area3360
Power L13186
Power MT610.78

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