Murphy Lumber Company 0-6-4 Locomotives in the USA


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class Dirigo (Locobase 10699)

Data from George L Fowler, Locomotive Dictionary (1st Ed.), (New York: Railroad Gazette, 1906), p. 9, Figure 18. Date is an estimate.

Locobase has only the data supplied in the Fowler plate in the 1906 edition. He has not been able to identify this locomotive further and one doubts the builder's identity as well.

Whoever produced it resorted to a rare wheel arrangement.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
ClassDirigo
Locobase ID10699
RailroadMurphy Lumber Company
CountryUSA
Whyte0-6-4ST
Number in Class1
Road Numbers1
GaugeStd
Number Built1
Builder
Year1905
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)56,200 / 25,492
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)69,400 / 31,479
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)31 / 15.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)38 / 965
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)150 / 1030
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)13" x 18" / 330x457
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)10,207 / 4629.82
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 5.51
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)40 / 3.72
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)723 / 67.19
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)723 / 67.19
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume261.01
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation
Same as above plus superheater percentage
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area6000
Power L13166
Power MT372.59

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