Data from "3/3 gek. Personenzug-lokomotive fur Russiche Spurweite", Locomotiven, A Borsig (Tegel bei Berlin, 1898), archived on Historical Railway Images, Flickr, at [], p.18, last accessed 11 July 2022. See also "Libau-Romny Railway" in Wikipedia at [], last accessed 21 July 2022. Works numbers were 2977-2983, 3067-3076, 3123-3132 in 1873; 3140-3149 in 1874.
Landworowo appears to be another version of the Latvian port of Libau (later Liepaja), which was the terminus for a line that began in the Ukrainian city of Romny that was built by the Russian Empire in 1871-1874. Heading south from Liepaja, the railway headed south along the Baltic Sea coast to Klaipeda, Latvia then angling southeast through present-day Belarus to just east of Kyiv then more easterly to a point northeast of Kharkiv. Distance covered was 1,025 km (637 miles).
Its main purpose--shipping grain from the dark-soil fields of the Ukraine to the rest of the world--underscores Ukraine's continuing value as breadbasket, which came forcibly into view during the Russian-Ukraine War that began in February 2022.
Almost 150 years earlier, the railway added these three dozen six-coupled locomotives to help move tonnage. They were relatively small and light0-6-0s whose profile was dominated by the severely tapered stack that trapped cinders and reduced fire risk in heavily forested parts of the route.
Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
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Class | Tb 101 |
Locobase ID | 21057 |
Railroad | Landworowo-Romny |
Country | Russia |
Whyte | 0-6-0 |
Number in Class | 16 |
Road Numbers | Tb 101-Tb 136 |
Gauge | 5' |
Number Built | 16 |
Builder | Borsig |
Year | 1873 |
Valve Gear | Stephenson |
Locomotive Length and Weight | |
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | |
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 14.63 / 4.46 |
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) | |
Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 74,957 / 34,000 |
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | 50,706 / 23,000 |
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | 125,663 / 57,000 |
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 2152 / 8.15 |
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | 8.80 / 8 |
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | |
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 63 / 1600 |
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 145 / 1000 |
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 16.14" x 22.05" / 410x560 |
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 11,237 / 5097.02 |
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | |
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) | 18.51 / 1.72 |
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1010 / 93.83 |
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1010 / 93.83 |
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 193.43 |
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 2684 |
Same as above plus superheater percentage | 2684 |
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | |
Power L1 | |
Power MT |