Norfolk Navy Yard 0-4-2 Locomotives in the USA


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 5 (Locobase 15001)

Data from Roy V Wright (Ed.) 1922 Locomotive Cyclopedia of American Practice, Sixth Edition (New York: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Company, 1922), p. 1027. Works number was 2618 in March 1917.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class5
Locobase ID15001
RailroadNorfolk Navy Yard
CountryUSA
Whyte0-4-2ST
Number in Class1
Road Numbers5
GaugeStd
Number Built1
BuilderVulcan Iron Works
Year1917
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)7 / 2.13
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)16.50 / 5.03
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.42
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)16.50 / 5.03
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)113,500 / 51,483
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)128,500 / 58,287
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)128,500
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)95 / 47.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)50 / 1270
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)160 / 1100
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)19" x 24" / 483x610
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)23,566 / 10689.37
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.82
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)98 / 9.10
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)20 / 1.86
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1218 / 113.15
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1218 / 113.15
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume154.57
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation3200
Same as above plus superheater percentage3200
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area15,680
Power L12890
Power MT112.27

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