Northwest Trading Company 0-6-0 Locomotives in Japan


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class I (Locobase 14608)

Data from DeGolyer, Volume 60, pp. 91+. Works numbers were 52817-52819 in January 1920.

These were duplicates of the tanks produced for the French Government and described in Locobase 14583. The only difference was the track of the wheels, which was widened from 600 mm to accommodate the customer's rail gauge.

Locobase has not been able to identify the NWTC. Baldwin's specification included a sketch of the tender graphic, which consisted of a diamond divided into two triangles by a horizontal bar. The upper triangle enclosed the letters A S, the bottom one had only an I.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
ClassI
Locobase ID14608
RailroadNorthwest Trading Company
CountryJapan
Whyte0-6-0ST
Number in Class3
Road NumbersI, II, III
Gauge2'6"
Number Built3
BuilderBaldwin
Year1920
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 5.67 / 1.73
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) 5.67 / 1.73
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase1
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) 5.67 / 1.73
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)29,000 / 13,154
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)29,000 / 13,154
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)29,000 / 13,154
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)500 / 1.89
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)16 / 8
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)26 / 660
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)165 / 1140
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)9" x 12" / 229x305
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)5243 / 2378.19
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 5.53
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)83 - 1.5" / 38
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) 8.25 / 2.51
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)28 / 2.63
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 5.70 / 0.53
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)295 / 27.41
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)295 / 27.41
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume333.87
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation941
Same as above plus superheater percentage941
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area4620
Power L13520
Power MT802.79

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