Ystad - Eslövs 4-6-0 Locomotives in Sweden


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 13 (Locobase 9983)

Data from "Engines for Sweden", Locomotive Engineering, Vol XIII [13], No 6 (June 1900), p. 248. Works numbers were 2999-3001 in 1900.

These cross-compound Ten-wheelers had Belpaire fireboxes. Their North American lines inspired the nickname "Amerikanara".

They were later rebuilt by Nydquist & Holm; see Locobase 20382.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class13
Locobase ID9983
RailroadYstad - Eslövs (VEJ)
CountrySweden
Whyte4-6-0
Number in Class3
Road Numbers13-15/1527-1529
GaugeStd
Number Built3
BuilderRichmond
Year1900
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)12.08 / 3.68
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)43.33 / 13.21
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)72,600 / 32,931
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)99,100 / 44,951
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)3000 / 11.36
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) 2.50 / 2
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)40 / 20
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)60.50 / 1537
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)200 / 1380
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)16.5" x 24" / 419x610
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)18,360 / 8327.97
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 3.95
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)178 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)12.50 / 3.81
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)98.50 / 9.15
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)17.72 / 1.65
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1263 / 117.38
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1263 / 117.38
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume212.64
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation3544
Same as above plus superheater percentage3544
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area19,700
Power L15960
Power MT542.96

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