Data provided by Flickr photostream of "0-8-0 Tank Engine for Mineral Line in Russian Poland", last accessed []. See also "klimut's"12 January 2009 post ""ine in Klimontow (Bismarck 2), Preussag AG, Oberschlesien"in the forum Grubenarchologische Gesellschaft at [
], last accessed 10 July 2022. Works numbers were 6797-6798 in September 1908.
A pair of eight-coupled industrial tanks served the coal mines near Sosnowiec in southern Poland. Financed by French and Belgian interests and approved by Tsar Nicholas in 1891, the group acquired al the assets in Sosnowiec. Surface assets included 3,200 hectares (7,907 acres or 31.08 sq km) of which 1,800 ha (4,445 acres) were arable land, 1,300 ha (3,211 acres) of forests.
The two engines arrived as coal mining expanded with several new shafts having been sunk in the previous four years. Klimut's account doesn't comment on the impact of World War I on operations, but notes that the Great Depression as coal demand plummeted.
Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
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Class | 1 |
Locobase ID | 21045 |
Railroad | Societe des Charbonnages Mines et Usine |
Country | Poland |
Whyte | 0-8-0T |
Number in Class | 2 |
Road Numbers | 1-2 |
Gauge | Std |
Number Built | 2 |
Builder | Borsig |
Year | 1908 |
Valve Gear | Heusinger |
Locomotive Length and Weight | |
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 14.44 / 4.40 |
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 14.44 / 4.40 |
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 1 |
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | 14.44 / 4.40 |
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 91,933 / 41,700 |
Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 123,238 / 55,900 |
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | |
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | |
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 1848 / 7 |
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | 3.30 / 3 |
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 38 / 19 |
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 49.20 / 1250 |
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 174 / 1200 |
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 17.72" x 24.8" / 450x630 |
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 23,409 / 10618.16 |
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 3.93 |
Heating Ability | |
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 10.50 / 3.20 |
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | |
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 20.02 / 1.86 |
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1151 / 106.90 |
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1151 / 106.90 |
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 162.60 |
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 3483 |
Same as above plus superheater percentage | 3483 |
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | |
Power L1 | |
Power MT |