Nigeria Railways 4-8-0 Locomotives in Nigeria
Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media
Class 154 (Locobase 20922)
Data from No. 34, "Goods Engine and Tender for the Nigerian Railways", Vulcan Foundry Locomotive Catalogue found on Flicker's Historical Locomotive Images website at [
], last accessed 26 June 2021. See also D[ennis] Rock Carling, 4-8-0 Tender Locomotives (New York: Drake Publishers, Inc, 1972), p. 65 and serial 273 on table XB, pp.104-105. (Many thanks to Jorge Cerezo Toledo for his 26 June 2021 email containing links to several sites including the Vulcan Catalogue referred to above.) Works numbers were 3549-3551 in 1922.
Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | 154 |
| Locobase ID | 20922 |
| Railroad | Nigeria Railways |
| Country | Nigeria |
| Whyte | 4-8-0 |
| Number in Class | 3 |
| Road Numbers | 154-156 |
| Gauge | 3'6" |
| Number Built | 3 |
| Builder | Vulcan Foundry |
| Year | 1922 |
| Valve Gear | Walschaert |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 12 / 3.66 |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 21.25 / 6.48 |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 0.56 |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | 42.92 / 13.08 |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
| Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 69,440 / 31,497 |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 91,840 / 41,658 |
| Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | 56,000 / 25,401 |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | 147,840 / 67,059 |
| Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 2400 / 9.09 |
| Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | 3.85 / 3.50 |
| Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 29 / 14.50 |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 40 / 1016 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 160 / 11 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 17" x 21" / 432x533 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 20,635 / 9359.89 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 3.37 |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 178 - 1.875" / 48 |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 9.75 / 2.97 |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 100.50 / 9.34 |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 15.84 / 1.47 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 952 / 88.44 |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 952 / 88.44 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 172.56 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 2534 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 2534 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 16,080 |
| Power L1 | 2812 |
| Power MT | 357.11 |