Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Volume 23, p. 67. Works numbers were 17882-17886 in June 1900.
Formal name for the enterprise operating the Sfax-Gafsa railway was the Compagnie des Phosphates et du Chemin de Fer de Gafsa.
Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
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Class | 41 |
Locobase ID | 12432 |
Railroad | Sfax-Gafsa |
Country | Tunisia |
Whyte | 2-6-0 |
Number in Class | 5 |
Road Numbers | 41-45 |
Gauge | Metre |
Number Built | 5 |
Builder | Burnham, Williams & Co |
Year | 1900 |
Valve Gear | Stephenson |
Locomotive Length and Weight | |
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 9.50 / 2.90 |
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 16.67 / 5.08 |
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 0.57 |
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | 36.67 / 11.18 |
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 62,000 / 28,123 |
Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 72,000 / 32,659 |
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | |
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | |
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 2120 / 8.03 |
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | |
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 34 / 17 |
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 47.20 / 1199 |
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 169.70 / 1170 |
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 15" x 20" / 381x508 |
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 13,752 / 6237.81 |
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 4.51 |
Heating Ability | |
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 207 - 1.75" / 44 |
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 9.33 / 2.84 |
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 80.20 / 7.45 |
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 13.10 / 1.22 |
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 950 / 88.29 |
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 950 / 88.29 |
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 232.24 |
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 2223 |
Same as above plus superheater percentage | 2223 |
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 13,610 |
Power L1 | 4409 |
Power MT | 470.33 |