4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler" Steam Locomotives in the USA

Charleston & Western Carolina


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 209 (Locobase 12254)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 21, p. 129. Works numbers were 15715-15719 in February 1898.

This Philadelphia set of freight Ten-Wheelers responded to the same set of requirements answered by Richmond's nine-locomotive 4-6-0 set delivered a year earlier (Locobase 9944).

All of the engines gave 30+ years of service. 213 was scrapped first in June 1930. The others all went in 1934, the locomotives being scrapped in July, May, June, and April in respective numerical order.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class209
Locobase ID12254
RailroadCharleston & Western Carolina
CountryUSA
Whyte4-6-0
Number in Class5
Road Numbers209-213
GaugeStd
Number Built5
BuilderBurnham, Williams & Co
Year1898
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)11.33 / 3.45
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)21.58 / 6.58
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.53
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)47.96 / 14.62
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)90,000 / 40,823
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)117,000 / 53,070
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)70,000 / 31,752
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)187,000 / 84,822
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)3500 / 13.26
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)50 / 25
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)56 / 1422
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)180 / 1240
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)18" x 24" / 457x610
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)21,245 / 9636.58
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.24
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)229 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)12.50 / 3.81
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)146 / 13.57
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)22.10 / 2.05
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1635 / 151.95
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1635 / 151.95
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume231.26
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation3978
Same as above plus superheater percentage3978
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area26,280
Power L15620
Power MT413.00

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