Unspecified 0-4-4 "Forney" Locomotives in the USA


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class Forney (Locobase 10023)

Data from Park Benjamin (Ed), Appleton's Cyclopedia of Applied Mechanics (New York: D Appleton & Company, 1884), p. 341. Boiler pressure is an estimate.

While no builder is identified as the manufacturer (and no railroad as its customer) of this locomotive, its size marks it as a relatively large engine of the Forney type. But see Locobase 16373 for a very close relative bought by the Sebasticook & Moosehead in 1892.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
ClassForney
Locobase ID10023
Railroad
CountryUSA
Whyte0-4-4T
Number in Class
Road Numbers
GaugeStd
Number Built
Builderunk
Year1884
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 6.67 / 2.03
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)20.75 / 6.32
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.32
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)44,000 / 19,958
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)60,000 / 27,216
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)60,000
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)1500 / 5.68
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)37 / 18.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)50 / 1270
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)140 / 970
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)14" x 20" / 356x508
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)9330 / 4232.02
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.72
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)139 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)10.12 / 3.08
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)78 / 7.25
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)14 / 1.30
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)812 / 75.46
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)812 / 75.46
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume228.09
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation1960
Same as above plus superheater percentage1960
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area10,920
Power L13939
Power MT394.73

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