Merakerbanen 2-8-0 Locomotives in Norway
Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media
Class 60 (Locobase 11745)
Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Vol 18, p. 37. See also Lucius Beebe, Highball! A Pageant of Trains (1945), Chapter 1, which is reproduced on the Raritan River website [
] . . Works number was 12838 in July 1892.
At the time they took delivery of this small Ten-wheeler, the line covered 12 miles from South Amboy to New Brunswick, NJ. It ran from 1892 to 1938. During World War One, the heavy demands for workers at the various defense plants in the area resulted in the carriage of almost 2 1/4 million passengers in 1918.
| Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | 60 |
| Locobase ID | 11745 |
| Railroad | Merakerbanen |
| Country | Norway |
| Whyte | 2-8-0 |
| Number in Class | 1 |
| Road Numbers | 60 |
| Gauge | Std |
| Number Built | 1 |
| Builder | Burnham, Williams & Co |
| Year | 1898 |
| Valve Gear | Stephenson |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 12.75 / 3.89 |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 20 / 6.10 |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 0.64 |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
| Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 70,000 / 31,752 |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 80,000 / 36,287 |
| Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | |
| Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 2100 / 7.95 |
| Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | |
| Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 29 / 14.50 |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 48 / 1219 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 180 / 1240 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 16" x 24" / 406x610 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 19,584 / 8883.16 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 3.57 |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 142 - 2" / 51 |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 12.25 / 3.73 |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 94.47 / 8.78 |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 16.52 / 1.54 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1009 / 93.77 |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1009 / 93.77 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 180.66 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 2974 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 2974 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 17,005 |
| Power L1 | 3819 |
| Power MT | 481.11 |