Shingo Tetsudo 0-6-0 Locomotives in Japan


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class unknown (Locobase 14603)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines, as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Volume 60, p. 75. Works number was 52339 in September 1919.

Frazar & Company bought this little tank for this small light railway. Locobase hasn't been able to identify this railway.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Classunknown
Locobase ID14603
RailroadShingo Tetsudo
CountryJapan
Whyte0-6-0T
Number in Class1
Road Numbers
Gauge3'6"
Number Built1
BuilderBaldwin
Year1919
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 7.50 / 2.29
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) 7.50 / 2.29
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase1
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) 7.50 / 2.29
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)49,000 / 22,226
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)49,000 / 22,226
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)650 / 2.46
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)27 / 13.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)37 / 940
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)170 / 1170
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)12" x 18" / 305x457
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)10,123 / 4591.72
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.84
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)80 - 1.75" / 44
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)9 / 2.74
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)42 / 3.90
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 9.20 / 0.85
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)368 / 34.19
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)368 / 34.19
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume156.18
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation1564
Same as above plus superheater percentage1564
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area7140
Power L12572
Power MT347.16

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