4-6-0 Steam Locomotives in Korea

Seoul Fusan


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 201 (Locobase 10813)

Data from "Baldwin Balanced Compound, Seoul Fusan Railroad", Railway Master Mechanic, Volume XXX [30], No 4 (April 1906), pp. 112-113. See also DeGolyer, Volume 27, p. 109. Works numbers were 24629, 24630, 24661, 24669-24670, 24693 in September 1904.

This sextet was half of the passenger stud built by Baldwin for this Asian peninsula's railway. Ruling grades on the line ran up to 1 in 60 (1.67%) and the sharpest curves measured a relatively gentle 15 chains (990 ft/301.75 m). Typical rail weight ran 75 lb/yard (37.5 kg/metre) and 14 sleepers supported each 30 ft (9.14 m) section.

Six other locomotives fitted with fewer boiler tubes of larger diameter were produced in 1906 as balanced compounds. They're shown in Locobase 10814.


Class Tehosa/Tehoi-3/Tehou (Locobase 10814)

Data from "Baldwin Balanced Compound, Seoul Fusan Railroad", Railway Master Mechanic, Vol XXX, # 4 (April 1906), pp. 112-113. See also DeGolyer, Volume 28, p. 213. Works numbers were 27291-27292, 27331-27332, 27377-27378 in January 1906.

Other than substituting a balanced -compound cylinder layout, this class of six locomotives was claimed by the RMM report to be identical to the six simple-expansion described in Locobase 10813. Even disregarding the cylinder arrangements, the 301s manifested several changes. Grate and firebox areas were identical, but Baldwin replaced the 201 class's 310 two-inch (50.8 mm) diameter, 15' 2" (4.62 m) long tubes with the 233 2 1/4" tubes shown in the specs above. To achieve the same heating surface area/grate area ratio, the builder lengthened each 2 1/4" tube by 22 1/2" (572 mm) compared to the earlier engines. Boiler pressure was set 20 psi higher, a typical difference between compound and simple-expansion locomotives.

According to the RMM, "They are able to exert a drawbar pull of 24,000 Ibs., and having an adhesion co-efficient of 4.9, they will always be free from the aspersion of being over-cylindered, even under the limit of tire and cylinder wear." Baldwin's specs noted a requirement to haul 10 or 12 cars at an average speed of 20 to 24 mph (32 to 39 kph).

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class201Tehosa/Tehoi-3/Tehou
Locobase ID10813 10814
RailroadSeoul FusanSeoul Fusan
CountryKoreaKorea
Whyte4-6-04-6-0
Number in Class66
Road Numbers201-206301-306
GaugeStdStd
Number Built66
BuilderBurnham, Williams & CoBurnham, Williams & Co
Year19041906
Valve GearStephensonStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)13.50 / 4.1113.50 / 4.11
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)27.42 / 8.3627.42 / 8.36
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.49 0.49
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)55 / 16.7655 / 16.76
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)112,000 / 50,802118,000 / 53,524
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)148,000 / 67,132162,000 / 73,482
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)78,000 / 35,38078,000 / 35,380
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)226,000 / 102,512240,000 / 108,862
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)4000 / 15.154000 / 15.15
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)4 / 44 / 4
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)62 / 3166 / 33
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)66 / 167666 / 1676
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)180.40 / 1240200 / 1380
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)20" x 26" / 508x66015" x 26" / 381x660
Low Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)25" x 26" / 635x660
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)24,163 / 10960.1722,159 / 10051.17
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.64 5.33
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)310 - 2" / 51233 - 2.25" / 57
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)15.17 / 4.6218.12 / 5.52
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)131.70 / 12.24131.70 / 12.24
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)40 / 3.7240 / 3.72
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)2580 / 239.692608 / 242.38
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)2580 / 239.692608 / 242.38
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume272.90490.43
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation72168000
Same as above plus superheater percentage72168000
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area23,75926,340
Power L167984865
Power MT401.44272.68

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