2-4-0 Steam Locomotives in Switzerland

Jura-Simplon


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 7 (Locobase 15611)

Data from diagram No 61, Societe Alsacienne de Constructions Mecaniques from locomotive book supplied by Dany Machi up at [] as

Diagrammes des machines SACM construites a GRAFENSTADEN (October 2007). Works numbers were 2481-2483 in 1881

All three of these six-wheelers were relettered and renumbered three times as follows:

SOS 1890 27-29

Jura-Simplon 1903 80-82

SBB 1080-1082

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class7
Locobase ID15611
RailroadJura-Simplon
CountrySwitzerland
Whyte2-4-0
Number in Class3
Road Numbers7-9
GaugeStd
Number Built3
BuilderSACM
Year1875
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 8.20 / 2.50
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)14.44 / 4.40
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.57
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)41.93 / 12.78
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)81,902 / 37,150
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)59,525 / 27,000
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)141,427 / 64,150
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)2772 / 10.50
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) 4.40 / 4
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)68.10 / 1730
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)142.10 / 980
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)16.54" x 22.05" / 420x560
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)10,699 / 4852.99
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort)
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)162 - 1.772" / 45
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)12.20 / 3.72
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)67.06 / 6.23
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)19.27 / 1.79
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1017 / 94.52
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1017 / 94.52
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume185.47
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation2738
Same as above plus superheater percentage2738
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area9529
Power L13977
Power MT

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