Long Island 0-4-0 "Switcher" Locomotives in the USA
Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media
Class Brooklyn (Locobase 16255)
Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 8, p. 118. See also "Long Island Rail Road - Atlantic Avenue Rapid Transit", last accessed 26 January 2017 at [
] . Baldwin works numbers were 4116-4117, 4119 in July 1877.
The arrts archive offers two quite sharp photographs of these little "motors" (as the Baldwin specification described them). Stubby things with broad, flat-topped tanks named Brooklyn, Flatbush, and Bedford. The cylinders were widely set well away from the sides of the smokebox. The "man-sized" cab seems simply enormous.
But the photos confuse the issue as well. The Baldwin spec says directly that these boiler had no domes, yet the front view of the Bedford shows a cylindrical vessel standing vertically ahead of the saddle tank in a horizontal cylinder that looks like a conventional boiler. In the specs, the firebox appears as a squat cylinder measuring 25 1/2" (648 mm) high and 34 7/8" (886 mm) in diameter. The photo and the specs don't really contradict each other, but it's difficult to tell just how the boiler and firebox were positioned on the frame.
According to Al Weber's career record cards for these locomotives, the 101-102 were sold in 1879 to the Marine Railway and renamed Manhattan and Oriental. The Long Island rebuilt the Bedford with taller drivers. In 1898, it was renamed "Pop" and numbered 300.
| Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | Brooklyn |
| Locobase ID | 16255 |
| Railroad | Long Island |
| Country | USA |
| Whyte | 0-4-0ST |
| Number in Class | 3 |
| Road Numbers | 101-103/1-3 |
| Gauge | Std |
| Number Built | 3 |
| Builder | Burnham, Parry, Williams & Co |
| Year | 1877 |
| Valve Gear | Stephenson |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 5.50 / 1.68 |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 5.50 / 1.68 |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 1 |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | 5.50 / 1.68 |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
| Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | |
| Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | |
| Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 794 / 3.01 |
| Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | |
| Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 33 / 838 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 130 / 900 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 10" x 12" / 254x305 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 4018 / 1822.54 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 200 - 1.25" / 32 |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 3.88 / 1.18 |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 6.60 / 0.61 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 858 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 858 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | |
| Power L1 | |
| Power MT | |