Everett Iron Company 0-4-2 Locomotives in the USA
Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media
Class Alpha (Locobase 11813)
Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 11, p. 214. See also "American Iron and Steel Institute , Earlston Furnace, Everett Iron Company (Everett, Pa.)" from the Hagley Museum of Delaware digital collection at [
], last accessed 29 October 2022; and [], last accessed 29 October 2022. Works number was 6774 in May 1883.
This Pennsylvania furnace (possibly the Earlston furnace, which was built in 1884) bought a little tank that would pull a reasonable number of dump cars. The photo from the American Iron and Steel Institute archives shows two different elevated trestles leading to the furnace up which the Alpha might have climbed. The furnace went into blast 10 December 1884.
The new furnace didn't improve company finances in part because of poor quality iron ore and the company went into receivership. But Joseph Earlston Thropp was able to buy the business in 1889. He ran the company with some success, but entered bankruptcy in 1924 and the furnace was closed.
| Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | Alpha |
| Locobase ID | 11813 |
| Railroad | Everett Iron Company |
| Country | USA |
| Whyte | 0-4-2T |
| Number in Class | 1 |
| Road Numbers | 1 |
| Gauge | 3' |
| Number Built | 1 |
| Builder | Burnham, Parry, Williams & Co |
| Year | 1883 |
| Valve Gear | Stephenson |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 5 / 1.52 |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 11.50 / 3.51 |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 0.43 |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | 11.50 / 3.51 |
| 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) | 600 / 2.27 |
| 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) | 36 / 914 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 130 / 900 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 11" x 16" / 279x406 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 5942 / 2695.25 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 92 - 1.75" / 44 |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 8.02 / 2.44 |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 32.30 / 3 |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 9.60 / 0.89 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 399 / 37.08 |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 399 / 37.08 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 226.70 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 1248 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 1248 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 4199 |
| Power L1 | 2484 |
| Power MT | |