Kinston & Snow Hill 2-4-0 "Porter" Locomotives in the USA


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 2 (Locobase 13118)

Data from DeGolyer, Volume 30, p. 245. (Thanks to Chris Hohl for his 24 January 2017 email reporting the tender's fuel capacity.) Works number was 29970 in January 1907.

The Hines Brothers Lumber Company in Lenoir County, North Carolina went very small when it bought this little six-wheeled wood-burner with separate four-wheel tender that carried just 3/4 of a cord. Controlliing sparks was a critical part of logging operations and the 2 sported a 9" (227 mm) Radley & Hunter stack.

The logging railroad measured 25 miles (40 km). When the K&SN and the Kinston-Carolina were consolidated in 1912 as the Carolina Railroad, its mileage had been reduced to 15 miles. The CRR was a subsidiary of the Norfolk Southern.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class2
Locobase ID13118
RailroadKinston & Snow Hill
CountryUSA
Whyte2-4-0
Number in Class1
Road Numbers2
GaugeStd
Number Built1
BuilderBurnham, Williams & Co
Year1907
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)5 / 1.52
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)10.67 / 3.25
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.47
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)22,000 / 9979
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)27,000 / 12,247
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)12,000 / 5443
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)39,000 / 17,690
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)800 / 3.03
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)160 / 1100
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)9" x 14" / 229x356
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)4673 / 2119.64
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.71
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)74 - 1.5" / 38
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) 5.75 / 1.75
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)33.50 / 3.11
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 8.70 / 0.81
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)199 / 18.49
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)199 / 18.49
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume193.20
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation1392
Same as above plus superheater percentage1392
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area5360
Power L13131
Power MT627.52

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