Serbian State 2-8-0 Locomotives in Serbia


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 451/MED-7/IVb/84.001 (Locobase 15015)

Data from Roy V Wright (Ed.) 1922 Locomotive Cyclopedia of American Practice, Sixth Edition (New York: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Company, 1922), p. 1008. See also "Recently Constructed Export Locomotives", Railway Review, Volume 57 (4 December 1915), pp.713-716; and "Interesting Variety of Types of Locomotives for the Greek, Serbian, Belgian and Russian Governments built by the American Locomotive Company", Railway & Locomotive Engineering, Volume XXVIII [28], No. 12 (December 1915), pp. 406-409. Works numbers were 55097-55110 in March 1915.

R&LE's report noted the rapid pace at which the Paterson, NJ Cooke Works turned out this Consolidation batch. Serbia's representatives ordered seven engines on 12 January 1915, increasing the total to a dozen on 28 January. By 11 March, five had been shipped and the remaining seven left port a week later on 18 March.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class451/MED-7/IVb/84.001
Locobase ID15015
RailroadSerbian State (JDZ)
CountrySerbia
Whyte2-8-0
Number in Class12
Road Numbers451-462/4101-4109/12201-12212/84.001-012
Gauge76 cm
Number Built12
BuilderAlco-Cooke
Year1915
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)10.57 / 3.22
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)18 / 5.49
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.59
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)42.50 / 12.95
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)72,499 / 32,885
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)80,499 / 36,514
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)2000 / 7.58
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)30 / 15
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)36 / 914
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)160 / 1100
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)15" x 20" / 381x508
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)17,000 / 7711.08
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.26
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)126 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)15.08 / 4.60
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)68.89 / 6.40
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)13.13 / 1.22
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1061 / 98.57
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1061 / 98.57
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume259.37
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation2101
Same as above plus superheater percentage2101
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area11,022
Power L13298
Power MT401.16

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