Hokkaido Colliery and Railway Company/JNR / Hokkaido Colliery and Railway CompanyJNR 2-6-2 Locomotives in Japan


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 3060 (Locobase 10946)

Data from []. See also DeGolyer, Volume 21, p. 116. Works numbers were 15654-15656 in January 1898.

Nationalized in 1906, renumbered 3600-3602. 3600 and 3602 scrapped in 1934 when 3601 was sold to the Okayama Rinko Railway, where it ran until 1951.


Class 59 / 3391 (Locobase 12509)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 24, p. 33. Works numbers were 19330-19331 in August 1901.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class306059 / 3391
Locobase ID10946 12509
RailroadHokkaido Colliery and Railway Company/JNRHokkaido Colliery and Railway CompanyJNR
CountryJapanJapan
Whyte2-6-2T2-6-2T
Number in Class32
Road Numbers47-49/3060-306259-60 / 3391-3392
Gauge3'6"3'6"
Number Built32
BuilderBurnham, Williams & CoBurnham, Williams & Co
Year18981901
Valve GearStephensonStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)11 / 3.35 9.67 / 2.95
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)24.60 / 7.5022.25 / 6.78
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.45 0.43
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)24.60 / 7.5022.25 / 6.78
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)25,089 / 11,380
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)74,560 / 33,82059,500 / 26,989
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)103,551 / 46,97078,400 / 35,562
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)103,551 / 46,97078,400 / 35,562
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)1100 / 4.17850 / 3.22
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)41 / 20.5033 / 16.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)48 / 121950 / 1270
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)160 / 11160 / 11
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)16" x 22" / 406x55914" x 20" / 356x508
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)15,957 / 7237.9810,662 / 4836.21
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.67 5.58
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)169 - 2" / 51131 - 1.75" / 44
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)10 / 3.05 9.25 / 2.82
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)18.30 / 1.7015.70 / 1.46
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation29282512
Same as above plus superheater percentage29282512
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area
Power L1
Power MT

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