0-4-2 Steam Locomotives in the USA

C C Mengel Junior & Brothers


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class A W Wright (Locobase 11613)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 15, p. 66. See Locobase 16366 for a skeptical 1877 view of steam dummies and Locobase 11577 for a supporting 1889 discussion of the problems associated with running steam dummies on urban street railways. Works number was 9903 in March 1889.

The Mengels operated a variety of furniture factories throughout the upper South. In Louisville, they specialized in mahogany products. According to Connelly's Baldwin production list, the Mengels apparently put the A W Wright to work on the Trimble & Kenton railway, most likely a street railway that ran in those two Kentucky counties. The towns Trimble and Kenton lay 10 miles (16 km) apart.

That didn't last as the 1 moved to A M Stevens Lumber Company through an extra order dated 31 July 1894. It was now named H P Roberts. By 1907, the 1 had returned to the Mengel fold, now working in the Mengelwood complex.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
ClassA W Wright
Locobase ID11613
RailroadC C Mengel Junior & Brothers
CountryUSA
Whyte0-4-2T
Number in Class1
Road Numbers1
GaugeStd
Number Built1
BuilderBurnham, Parry, Williams & Co
Year1889
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)5 / 1.52
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)10 / 3.05
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.50
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)10 / 3.05
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)23,480 / 10,650
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)24,400 / 11,068
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)300 / 1.14
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)20 / 10
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)9" x 14" / 229x356
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)3797 / 1722.29
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 6.18
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)60 - 1.75" / 44
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) 7.62 / 2.32
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 7.90 / 0.73
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 Computation1027
Same as above plus superheater percentage1027
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area
Power L1
Power MT

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