DIOC / NSB 0-6-0 Locomotives in Norway


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class Class 53 (Locobase 6197)

Data from:

Svein Sando's Railway Site [link] (9 June 2004)--(Later link: The Semaphore, accessed for link update 10 July 2022.)--and the Jernbane (Iron Road) site http://jernbane.net (June 2004). Wheelbase from Locomotive Magazine (4 April 1903), p.241.

Jernbane doesn't say when the NSB took over these saddle-tankers from the Dunderland Iron Ore Company, but the later of the two engines retired on 7 November 1955.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
ClassClass 53
Locobase ID6197
RailroadDIOC / NSB
CountryNorway
Whyte0-6-0ST
Number in Class2
Road NumbersA1-A2 / 490-491
GaugeStd
Number Built2
BuilderRobert Stephenson & Co
Year1902
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)15 / 4.57
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)15 / 4.57
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase1
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)15 / 4.57
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)87,964 / 39,900
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)87,964 / 39,900
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)1082 / 4.10
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) 1.90 / 2
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)49 / 24.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)48 / 1219
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)134.90 / 930
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)16" x 24" / 406x610
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)14,677 / 6657.38
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 5.99
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)75 / 6.97
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)13.45 / 1.25
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)887 / 82.43
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)887 / 82.43
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume158.82
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation1814
Same as above plus superheater percentage1814
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area10,118
Power L12439
Power MT183.38

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