Data from "Heavy Shunting Locomotive for an American Automobile Factory", Locomotive Magazine, Volume XXX [30], Whole No 379 (15 March 1924), p. 84. Works numbers were 6690-6693 in June 1923.
This quartet of industrial switchers impressed the British editors as having "exceptional power for a machine devoted to the class of industrial service.". The class took new road numbers on or before January 1928.
| Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | 1 |
| Locobase ID | 16600 |
| Railroad | Ford Motor Company |
| Country | USA |
| Whyte | 0-8-0 |
| Number in Class | 4 |
| Road Numbers | 1-4/30-33 |
| Gauge | Std |
| Number Built | 4 |
| Builder | Lima |
| Year | 1923 |
| Valve Gear | Baker |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 15 / 4.57 |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 15 / 4.57 |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 1 |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | 53.04 / 16.17 |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
| Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 219,000 / 99,337 |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 219,000 / 99,337 |
| Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | 155,000 / 70,307 |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | 374,000 / 169,644 |
| Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 3200 / 12.12 |
| Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | 11 / 10 |
| Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 91 / 45.50 |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 51 / 1295 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 175 / 1210 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 25" x 28" / 635x711 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 51,042 / 23152.29 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 4.29 |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 230 - 2" / 51 |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | 36 - 5.5" / 140 |
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 15 / 4.57 |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 208 / 19.32 |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 47 / 4.37 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 2777 / 257.99 |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 610 / 56.67 |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 3387 / 314.66 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 174.54 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 8225 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 9706 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 42,952 |
| Power L1 | 8702 |
| Power MT | 350.40 |