4-6-0 Steam Locomotives in Korea

Chosen Government


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class Tehoro (Locobase 20723)

Data from Wikipedia's "Sentetsu Tehoro-class locomotive", last accessed at [] on 1 March 2020. Gyeongseong Works produced 2 prototypes and 13 production machines. Hitachi's Kasato works manufactured the most of the three Japanese builders with Kawasaki and Mitsubishi adding 13 others.

The Tehoro class represented the first domestically produced . It improved on Baldwin's 1913 Tehoi class (Locobase 14221) prinicipally in offering more heating surface and grate areas, adding a superheater, an automated fire dore and other improvements.

Wikipedia sets its place in Korean railway history as follows: "The Tehoro class was a notable milestone in the history of Korea's railways. As the first type designed and produced entirely by domestic (Korean and Japanese) factories, it gave Japanese and Korean designers extensive experience which was subsequently applied to the development of the Pashishi and Mikasa-class."

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
ClassTehoro
Locobase ID20723
RailroadChosen Government (Sentetsu)
CountryKorea
Whyte4-6-0
Number in Class95
Road Numbers
GaugeStd
Number Built95
Builderseveral
Year1927
Valve GearWalschaert
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)
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)170,197 / 77,200
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)119,049 / 54,000
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)289,246 / 131,200
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)5280 / 20
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)10.50 / 10
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)66.10 / 1680
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)178.40 / 1230
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)20.87" x 25.98" / 530x660
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)25,960 / 11775.27
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort)
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)150 - 2.008" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)24 - 5.394" / 137
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)15.16 / 4.62
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)129.17 / 12
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)46.93 / 4.36
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1838 / 170.80
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)498 / 46.30
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)2336 / 217.10
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume178.68
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation8372
Same as above plus superheater percentage10,130
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area27,883
Power L113,309
Power MT

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