Landworowo-Romny 0-6-0 Locomotives in Russia


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class Tb 101 (Locobase 21057)

Data from "3/3 gek. Personenzug-lokomotive fur Russiche Spurweite", Locomotiven, A Borsig (Tegel bei Berlin, 1898), archived on Historical Railway Images, Flickr, at [link], p.18, last accessed 11 July 2022. See also "Libau-Romny Railway" in Wikipedia at [link], 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
ClassTb 101
Locobase ID21057
RailroadLandworowo-Romny
CountryRussia
Whyte0-6-0
Number in Class16
Road NumbersTb 101-Tb 136
Gauge5'
Number Built16
BuilderBorsig
Year1873
Valve GearStephenson
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 Volume193.43
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation2684
Same as above plus superheater percentage2684
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area
Power L1
Power MT

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