Soviet State 0-4-0 Locomotives in Russia


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class b (Locobase 5902)

See [] (15 Feb 2004) (a Ukrainian website organizing steam tours) for the data. Dzherelo says the information comes from Anthony J. Heywood & Jan D.C. Button, Soviet Locomotive Types: The Union Legacy (1995). See also DeGolyer, Volume 57, pp. 390+

The dzherelo site (no longer active) said that the "soft sign" b class covered a variety of wheel arrangements and that this particular series was built over many years by Kolomna, the Nevskii works, and, in one six-locomotive order in 1933, Beyer, Peacock & Company. It's the data from that order -- works numbers 6759-6764 -- that's shown in the specs. If the data are accurate, this has to have been one of the biggest 0-4-0Ts built -- heavy industrial switchers with a surprisingly high degree of superheat and more tractive effort than similar six-coupled tanks.


Class unknown (Locobase 7573)

Data from 1946 Beyer, Peacock catalogue hosted on Martyn Bane's website at [] (accessed 21 May 2006).

Batch #1414 (works#6759-6764) (Production data from The Beyer, Peacock production list -- [], last accessed 29 May 2006).

In the same production lot as the powerful 0-6-0Ts sent to Russia in 1933 were these 4-coupled brutes. Essentially scaled-down from the larger engines, they had the same high superheat, axle loading, generous grate area, and adequate firebox heating surface.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Classbunknown
Locobase ID5902 7573
RailroadSoviet StateSoviet State
CountryRussiaSoviet Union
Whyte0-4-0T0-4-0T
Number in Class6
Road Numbers
Gauge5'5'
Number Built6
BuilderseveralBeyer, Peacock
Year19001933
Valve GearWalschaertWalschaert
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)7 / 2.13 7.22 / 2
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)7 / 2.13 7.22 / 2.20
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase11
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) 7.22 / 2.20
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)56,879 / 25,80053,881 / 24,440
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)113,538 / 51,500106,174 / 48,160
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)113,538 / 51,500106,174 / 48,160
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)113,538 / 51,500106,174 / 48,160
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)1320 / 51584 / 6
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) 2.20 / 2 2.30 / 2
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)95 / 47.5088 / 44
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)39.40 / 100039.40 / 1000
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)210.30 / 14.50210.30 / 14.50
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)18.7" x 19.69" / 475x50018.7" x 19.69" / 475x500
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)31,239 / 14169.7931,239 / 14169.79
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 3.63 3.40
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)67.79 / 6.30
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)17.22 / 1.6017.22 / 1.60
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)740 / 68.80740 / 68.80
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)238 / 22.10238 / 22.10
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)978 / 90.90978 / 90.90
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume118.23118.23
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation36213621
Same as above plus superheater percentage44904490
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area17,678
Power L17107
Power MT295.14

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