Baltimore & Sparrows Point 2-6-0 "Mogul" Locomotives in the USA


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 1 (Locobase 11679)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines, 1888, as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Vol 14, 199. Works number was 9575 in October 1888.

This locomotive supported the construction of the Maryland Steel's huge new steel mill and shipyard in eastern Baltimore. The railroad ran 5.46 miles from Colgate Creek to Penwood Park. Even though it negotiated only a short distance, the #1 was one of the largest Moguls to go into service at that time in terms of evaporative and firebox heating surface area. Its cylinder volume was also among the largest.

Passenger traffic on the B & SP began on 11 February 1889 to convey workers to the facility.

The #1 was sold or transferred to the Northern Central Railway in Baltimore in 1893 and eventually wound up with the B & SP's parent Maryland Steel in 1903.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class1
Locobase ID11679
RailroadBaltimore & Sparrows Point
CountryUSA
Whyte2-6-0
Number in Class1
Road Numbers1
GaugeStd
Number Built1
BuilderBurnham, Parry, Williams & Co
Year1888
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)14 / 4.27
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)22.08 / 6.73
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.63
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)105,000 / 47,627
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)120,000 / 54,431
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)2650 / 13.64
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)58 / 29
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)54 / 1372
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)130 / 900
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)20" x 26" / 508x660
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)21,281 / 9652.91
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.93
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)260 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)11.54 / 3.52
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)163 / 15.15
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)23.50 / 2.18
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1721 / 159.94
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1721 / 159.94
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume182.12
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation3055
Same as above plus superheater percentage3055
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area21,190
Power L13140
Power MT197.79

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