Wadensweil-Einsledeln Bahn / SOB 0-6-0 Locomotives in Switzerland
Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media
Class Ed 3/3 // Schwyz (Locobase 11247)
Data from "Renaissance der Dampflok 'Schwyz'", Bote Der Ureschweiz (Samtag, 13 September 2008), accessed in [
] . Works number was 2224. Original cost was 42,500 Swiss francs; 2004 restoration cost came to 420,000 SFr.
Originally built for the WEB and later operating on the Swiss Sndostbahn (SOB), this engine was retired from mainline work in 1941. Immediately adopted for industrial service by the Uetikon Chemical Factory, the six-coupled continued for another 24 years.
After its withdrawal, the engine was plinthed and apparently abandoned. Scrapping plans in 1996 were forestalled by a campaign to raise money to restore the locomotive and in 2004 that restoration began. By this time, the "Schwyz", as this Kessler product was now dubbed, had been adopted as a symbol of the Schwyz Canton's railway history and funding from the Schwyz Kantonalbank supported its revival.
The first steaming of its "second life", as the Bote der Urschweiz article termed it, came on 12 September 2008.
| Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | Ed 3/3 // Schwyz |
| Locobase ID | 11247 |
| Railroad | Wadensweil-Einsledeln Bahn / SOB |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Whyte | 0-6-0T |
| Number in Class | 1 |
| Road Numbers | 4 |
| Gauge | Std |
| Number Built | 1 |
| Builder | Kessler |
| Year | 1887 |
| Valve Gear | Allan |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 8.20 / 2.50 |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 8.20 / 2.50 |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 1 |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
| Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 70,548 / 32,000 |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 70,548 / 32,000 |
| Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | |
| Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 1188 / 4.50 |
| Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | 2 / 2 |
| Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 39 / 19.50 |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 36.20 / 920 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 174 / 1200 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 14.96" x 20.87" / 380x530 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 19,083 / 8655.91 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 3.70 |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 8.89 / 2.71 |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 71.02 / 6.60 |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 16.14 / 1.50 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1052 / 97.80 |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1052 / 97.80 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 247.77 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 2808 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 2808 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 12,357 |
| Power L1 | 3479 |
| Power MT | 326.16 |