Data from "0-6-0 Tank Locomotive for the Nansatsu Railway", Hanomag No. 211a datacard and illustration.
Officially the Nansatsu Tetsudo Kaisha, this small railway had its headquarters at Tokushige district in Kagoshima on Kyushu Island. It received a charter on 12 April 1912 to operate on the west coast of Kagoshima between Naka-Ijuin Village, Hioki District and Makurazaki, Kawabe District in Kagoshima Prefecture. The first section of 20 km (12.5 miles) railway between Ijuin and Izaku opened two years later and another 10.5 km (7 miles) to Kaseda a month later.
But the next 20 km (12.5 miles) to Makurazaki on Kyushu's southern coast posed several problems and the line only reached that city in March 1931. Total line length measured 49.6 km (30.8 miles).
As far as the tank locomotive presented in this entry, a detailed Hanomag production history shows not such combination of wheel arrangement and gauge.
| Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | unknown |
| Locobase ID | 21246 |
| Railroad | Nansatsu |
| Country | Japan |
| Whyte | 0-6-0T |
| Number in Class | 1 |
| Road Numbers | |
| Gauge | 3'6" |
| Number Built | 1 |
| Builder | Hanomag |
| Year | |
| Valve Gear | Heusinger |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
| Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 66,083 / 29,975 |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 66,083 / 29,975 |
| Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | |
| Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 792 / 3 |
| Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | 1.10 / 1 |
| Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 37 / 18.50 |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 42 / 1067 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 185.60 / 1280 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 13.58" x 20.08" / 345x510 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 13,909 / 6309.02 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 4.75 |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 11.84 / 1.10 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 660 / 61.30 |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 660 / 61.30 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 196.07 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 2198 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 2198 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | |
| Power L1 | |
| Power MT | |