D W Rogers & Company 0-4-2 Locomotives in the USA


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class Enterprise (Locobase 11750)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Vol 9, p. 94. Works number was 4620 in April 1879.

Locobase can't reconstruct this tiny wood-burner's career beyond Gene Connelly's note that the engine was later sold to Gadsden Furnace Company some time after that company's founding in 1887 in Gadsden, Alabama. The GFC was at one time the largest coke furnace in the South.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
ClassEnterprise
Locobase ID11750
RailroadD W Rogers & Company
CountryUSA
Whyte0-4-2T
Number in Class1
Road Numbers
Gauge3'
Number Built1
BuilderBurnham, Parry, Williams & Co
Year1879
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 3.67 / 1.12
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)9 / 2.74
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.41
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)9 / 2.74
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)12,000 / 5443
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)16,000 / 7257
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)225 / 0.85
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)10 / 5
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)28 / 711
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)130 / 900
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)7" x 12" / 178x305
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)2321 / 1052.79
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 5.17
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)47 - 1.5" / 38
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) 6.50 / 1.98
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)17.90 / 1.66
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 4.50 / 0.42
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)137 / 12.73
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)137 / 12.73
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume258.49
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation585
Same as above plus superheater percentage585
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area2327
Power L12593
Power MT952.76

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