Roanoke Street Railway 0-4-2 Locomotives in the USA


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class Leila (Locobase 11625)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 15, p. 91. 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 numbers were 10024-10025 in June 1889.

Little Leila and Carrie were two more examples of the steam "dummies" that Baldwin was supplying to street railways across the country. When the RSR was electrified in 1892, Leila was sold to Eureka Lumber Company.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
ClassLeila
Locobase ID11625
RailroadRoanoke Street Railway
CountryUSA
Whyte0-4-2T
Number in Class2
Road Numbers1-2
GaugeStd
Number Built2
BuilderBurnham, Parry, Williams & Co
Year1889
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)5 / 1.42
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) 9.50 / 3.10
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.53
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) 9.50 / 3.10
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)10,940 / 5511
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)21,400 / 10,628
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)24,730 / 11,771
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)250 / 1.14
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)18 / 9
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 12" / 203x305
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)3255 / 1476.44
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 6.57
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)87 - 1.5" / 44
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) 5.13 / 2.05
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 7.30 / 0.68
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 Computation949
Same as above plus superheater percentage949
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area
Power L1
Power MT

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