Caile Ferate Romane 2-4-2 Locomotives in Romania


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 801/455 (Locobase 1502)

Data from A E Durrant, Locomotives of Eastern Europe (New York: Augustus M Kelley, Publishers, 1966), pp 58, 60. Works numbers were 2281-2295 in 1892, 2308-2337 in 1893.

Tall-drivered passenger locomotives on a wheel arrangement. Durrant wrote that the design was based on those built for the Paris-Orleans Railway. (Possibly the 101 class shown in Locobase 7595, which had more tubes, but identical grate area.)

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class801/455
Locobase ID1502
RailroadCaile Ferate Romane (CFR)
CountryRomania
Whyte2-4-2
Number in Class45
Road Numbers801-845/455-499
GaugeStd
Number Built45
BuilderSTEG
Year1892
Valve Gear
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)59,808 / 27,128
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)106,176 / 48,161
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)50 / 25
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)74.80 / 1900
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)137.80 / 950
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)16.9" x 25.6" / 429x650
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)11,449 / 5193.19
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 5.22
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)24.20 / 2.25
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1303 / 121.10
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1303 / 121.10
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume196.04
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation3335
Same as above plus superheater percentage3335
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area
Power L1
Power MT

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