SouthWestern 2-4-0 Locomotives in Russia


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class unknown (Locobase 12121)

Data from M A Mallet, "Developpment de L'Application du System Compound", Memoirs ...Societe des Ingenieurs Civils, Annee [Juillet] 1890, Vol II (Paris: SIC, 1890). table pp. 42-43.

Mallet's own 2-cylinder cross-compounding system.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Classunknown
Locobase ID12121
RailroadSouthWestern
CountryRussia
Whyte2-4-0
Number in Class
Road Numbers
Gauge5'
Number Built
BuilderSW
Year1879
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)58,422 / 26,500
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)79,366 / 36,000
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)49 / 24.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)66.90 / 1700
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)130.50 / 900
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)16.54" x 23.62" / 420x600 (1)
Low Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)23.62" x 23.62" / 600x600 (1)
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)7189 / 3260.88
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 8.13
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)15.06 / 1.40
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1125 / 104.60
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1125 / 104.60
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume383.05
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation1965
Same as above plus superheater percentage1965
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area
Power L1
Power MT

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