Detroit Iron & Steel 0-4-0 "Switcher" Locomotives in the USA


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 3 (Locobase 15029)

Data from Roy V Wright (Ed.) 1912 Locomotive Cyclopedia of American Practice, Sixth Edition (New York: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Company, 1912), p. 154. Works number was 48349 in August 1910.

M A Hanna & Company were the buyers and they sent this saddle tank to Michigan. Locobase suspects that the count of 164 tubes given in the Locomotive Cyclopedia was a typographical error and that 154 tubes was a more likely figure given the stated tube heating surface area. Note the long wheelbase for an 0-4-0 saddle tank.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class3
Locobase ID15029
RailroadDetroit Iron & Steel
CountryUSA
Whyte0-4-0ST
Number in Class1
Road Numbers3
GaugeStd
Number Built1
BuilderAlco-Pittsburgh
Year1910
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)7 / 2.13
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)7 / 2.13
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase1
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)7 / 2.13
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)103,500 / 46,947
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)103,500 / 46,947
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)1500 / 5.68
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)1 / 1
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)86 / 43
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)46 / 1168
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)170 / 1170
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)17" x 24" / 432x610
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)21,788 / 9882.88
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.75
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)154 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)12.08 / 3.68
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)85 / 7.90
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)12.90 / 1.20
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1050 / 97.55
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1050 / 97.55
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume166.40
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation2193
Same as above plus superheater percentage2193
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area14,450
Power L13047
Power MT129.81

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