Data from E L Ahrons, The British Railway Locomotive, 1825-1925 (London: Locomotive Publishing Company, 1926). See also Edwin Boer, whose drawings can be found on the website [] (first accessed 14 March 2004),
High-drivered express passenger engines delivered between 1880 and 1895. They had tall brass steam domes, Belpaire firebox, inside cylinders, four-bearing crank axle, side rod outside of the frame, leaf springing above the wheels and outside the frame, and a tall, capped stack. Their nickname translates as "Big Green".
According to Ahrons, "They have always given the greatest satisfaction, and have rendered excellent service." He noted that despite their 84" (2,134 mm) drivers, they were used in freight service as well.
Illustrator Boer commented: "With good coal they could carry a train of 15 coaches, each with 5 coupes, at a speed of 75 km/h [46.6 mph]."
Data from E L Ahrons, The British Steam Railway Locomotive-1825-1925 (London: Locomotive Publishing Company, Ltd, 1927), p 237. Works numbers were 1116-1119, 1149-1158 in 1872, 1275-1284 in 1873, 1324-1333 in 1874
First of two big classes of 2-4-0s designed and built for the Dutch Railways by Beyer, Peacock. According to Ahrons the outside cylinders on this design had been specified by the railroad. In the later class, inside cylinders were preferred. Compensation levers equalized the pilot truck and the drivers.
Some data from "Four Coupled Express Engine, Dutch State Railways," The Locomotive & Railway Carriage & Wagon Review, Vol III (October 1898), p. 149. See also letter from Charles A Brantsen in November 1901 Railway & Locomotive Engineering (Vol 14, No 11), p. 475.
High-drivered express passenger engines very similar to the earlier 2-4-0s running on the Holland Railway. Like those 2-4-0s, this class had tall brass steam domes, Belpaire fireboxes, inside valve motion, but outside-connected drivers and a leading bogie. Also, the frame was heavier and they had outside bearings on the trucks.
The Locomotive article noted that these engines pulled the Amsterdam-Milan express over 77 miles from Emmerich to Amsterdam, making stops at Zevenaar, Arnhem, and Utrecht. They could trim 7 minutes off the booked time from Arnhem to Utrecht (37 miles) to make up lost time while trailing 14 vehicles up and down some heavy grades.
The October 1898 article reported 242 tubes in the boiler, a count that Brantsen specifically rejects as incorrect.
NB: The direct heating surface (including the firebox heating surface) is an estimate calculated by subtracting the calculated tube heating surface from the reported total evaporative heating surface.
Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |||
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Class | 1300/Grote Groenen | 900 | unknown |
Locobase ID | 1087 | 3035 | 1114 |
Railroad | Dutch State | Dutch State | Dutch State |
Country | Netherlands | Netherlands | Netherlands |
Whyte | 2-4-0 | 2-4-0 | 2-4-0 |
Number in Class | 182 | 50 | 175 |
Road Numbers | 1300 | 901-950 | 460-475 |
Gauge | Std | Std | Std |
Number Built | 182 | 50 | 175 |
Builder | Beyer, Peacock | Beyer, Peacock | Beyer, Peacock |
Year | 1880 | 1872 | 1895 |
Valve Gear | Stephenson | Stephenson | Stephenson |
Locomotive Length and Weight | |||
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 9.50 / 2.90 | 6.75 / 2.06 | 8.33 / 2.54 |
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 18 / 5.49 | 15.09 / 4.60 | 17.50 / 5.33 |
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 0.53 | 0.45 | 0.48 |
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | |||
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |||
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 60,368 / 27,382 | 53,648 / 24,334 | |
Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 87,494 / 39,687 | 78,176 / 35,460 | |
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | |||
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | |||
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 3420 / 12.95 | ||
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | |||
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 50 / 25 | 45 / 22.50 | |
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |||
Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 84 / 2134 | 72.30 / 1836 | 84 / 2134 |
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 150 / 1030 | 120 / 830 | 150 / 1030 |
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 18.5" x 26" / 470x660 | 17.5" x 24" / 445x610 | 18" x 26" / 457x660 |
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 13,507 / 6126.68 | 10,369 / 4703.30 | 12,786 / 5799.64 |
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 4.47 | 5.17 | |
Heating Ability | |||
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 220 - 1.75" / 44 | ||
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |||
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 11.08 / 3.38 | ||
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 102 / 9.48 | 95.90 / 8.91 | 192 / 17.84 |
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 23.40 / 2.17 | 17.90 / 1.66 | 22.60 / 2.10 |
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1324 / 123.05 | 1093 / 101.58 | 1303 / 121.10 |
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |||
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1324 / 123.05 | 1093 / 101.58 | 1303 / 121.10 |
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 163.68 | 163.59 | 170.16 |
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |||
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 3510 | 2148 | 3390 |
Same as above plus superheater percentage | 3510 | 2148 | 3390 |
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 15,300 | 11,508 | 28,800 |
Power L1 | 4761 | 3403 | 6206 |
Power MT | 347.74 | 279.69 |