4-4-0 Steam Locomotives in Singapore

Straits Railway


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class B (Locobase 20487)

Data from the Tyne and Wear Archives at [], last accessed 4 November 2018.. Works number was 2831 ordered on 23 March 1910 by the Crown Agents for the Colonies.

Long-boilered Eight-wheeler with drivers the same diameter as the width of the gauge. Its profile reflected its environment: Huge headlamps on each end, a full cab with louvered openings on each side

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
ClassB
Locobase ID20487
RailroadStraits Railway
CountrySingapore
Whyte4-4-0T
Number in Class1
Road Numbers7
GaugeMetre
Number Built1
BuilderHawthorn Leslie
Year1910
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) / 5.23
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)17.17 / 5.23
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)17.17 / 5.23
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)55,552 / 25,198
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)55,552 / 25,198
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)636 / 2.41
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) 1.65 / 2
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)46 / 23
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)39 / 991
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)140 / 970
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)12" x 18" / 305x457
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)7909 / 3587.47
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 7.02
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) 9.50 / 0.88
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)507 / 47.10
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)507 / 47.10
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume215.18
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation1330
Same as above plus superheater percentage1330
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area
Power L1
Power MT

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