0-6-0 Steam Locomotives in Luxemburg

Prince Henri


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class N/K33.7/99 291 (Locobase 6535)

Data from Christian Lindecke's [] (visited 27 May 2005). See also "Chemins de fer Prince Henri" in Wikipedia at []; and "Schmalspurbahn Grundhof-Befort" in Wikipedia at [], both last accessed 1 October 2023. Works number was 1848 in 1911.

Single O&K six-coupled tank purchased for the Prinz Heinrich Eisenbahn network. The standard-gauge PHE was formed in the early 1870s to move iron ore from reserves in northern Luxemburg. Wikipedia's CF Prince Henri gives the details of its growth.

A distinctly different part of the PFE was the Grundhof-Befort narrow-gauge railway, which measured just 7 km (4.3 miles). Over so short a distance, its ascent up the Sure Valley to the higher elevations of the southern Ardennes rose 200 metres (656 ft) in a tortured path that included three hairpin turms.

These two N class engines were bespoke power for the GB grade and they served the railway until it closed after World War II.

that eventually wound up in Luxembourg after World War II as CFL 361.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
ClassN/K33.7/99 291
Locobase ID6535
RailroadPrince Henri
CountryLuxemburg
Whyte0-6-0T
Number in Class2
Road Numbers311/99 291
GaugeMetre
Number Built2
BuilderOrenstein & Koppel
Year1911
Valve GearHeusinger
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 5.87 / 1.79
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) 5.87 / 1.79
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase1
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) 5.87 / 1.79
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)42,990 / 19,500
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)42,990 / 19,500
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)634 / 2.40
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) 0.90 / 0.80
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)24 / 12
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)31.50 / 800
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)174 / 1200
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)12.2" x 15.75" / 310x400
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)11,007 / 4992.70
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 3.91
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 7.53 / 0.70
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)455 / 42.30
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)455 / 42.30
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume213.52
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation1310
Same as above plus superheater percentage1310
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area
Power L1
Power MT

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