Seattle Warehouse & Terminal 0-4-4 "Forney" Locomotives in the USA


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 1/H-4 (Locobase 8152)

Data from 1944 Northern Pacific Locomotive Diagram book supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive Rail Data Exchange. Works number was 2210 in June 1889.

The locomotive diagram shows a dock switcher with a long boiler on which little sand domes flanked a taller steam dome -- all of them shaped like milk cans. It seems to have been intended for bi-directional operation.

The SW&T sold the 1 to locomotive rebuilder/reseller Southern Iron & Equipment in 1901. SI&E sold it to the Northern Pacific in October 1903.

NB: The direct heating surface (including the firebox heating surface) is an estimate calculated by subtracting the calculated tube heating surface from the reported total evaporative heating surface.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class1/H-4
Locobase ID8152
RailroadSeattle Warehouse & Terminal (NP)
CountryUSA
Whyte0-4-4T
Number in Class1
Road Numbers1/1071
GaugeStd
Number Built1
BuilderRhode Island
Year1889
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)6 / 1.83
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)20 / 6.10
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.30
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)20 / 6.10
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)50,500 / 22,906
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)76,000 / 34,473
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)800 / 3.03
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) 1.50 / 1
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)42 / 21
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)48 / 1219
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)140 / 970
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)14" x 20" / 356x508
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)9718 / 4408.02
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 5.20
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)100 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) 9.63 / 2.94
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)63 / 5.86
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)11.88 / 1.10
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)564 / 52.42
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)564 / 52.42
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume158.43
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation1663
Same as above plus superheater percentage1663
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area8820
Power L12765
Power MT241.42

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