Brest-Smolenski 0-6-0 Locomotives in Russia


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 12 (Locobase 20513)

Data from "Some Past and Present Russian Locos", Locomotive Magazine, Volume XXI [21] (15 November 1915), p. 246 and Volume XXII [22] (15 March 1916), p. 55. Works numbers were 1604-1611.

As noted in Locobase 20511, the LM account provides information supplied by G F Tyas to LM's author about 19th Century Russian locomotives. This Leeds product was built to French specs after an earlier deal with Schneider-Creusot was annulled by the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870.

Slightly larger than the Moscow-Riazan six-coupled goods locomotives shown in Locobase 20512, these engines had smaller drivers and a small increase in boiler pressure, so they generated a bit more tractive effort. Six tons more loaded weight meant a higher factor of adhesion. Their fireboxes were designed to burn wood, lignite, or soft coal. A vase-on-stem stack shape betrayed the spark-arresting system required by such fuels on mostly forested roads. Compared to the Moscow-Riazan, this engine's dome sat directly over the lead driving axle (and thus resembling French designs) and had a small sand dome immediately behind the steam dome.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class12
Locobase ID20513
RailroadBrest-Smolenski
CountryRussia
Whyte0-6-0
Number in Class6
Road Numbers
Gauge5'
Number Built6
BuilderKitson & Co
Year1872
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)12.06 / 3.67
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)12.06 / 3.67
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase1
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)85,101 / 38,601
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)85,101 / 38,601
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)47 / 23.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)51.10 / 1298
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)136.30 / 940
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)17.72" x 25.98" / 450x660
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)18,495 / 8389.20
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.60
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)18.19 / 1.69
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1292 / 120.05
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1292 / 120.05
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume174.23
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation2479
Same as above plus superheater percentage2479
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area
Power L1
Power MT

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