Columbus, Hocking Valley & Toledo / Virginia Air Line 2-6-0 "Mogul" Locomotives in the USA


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 13 (Locobase 9410)

Data from American Engineering & Railroad Journal, Vol LXVIII, #2 (February 1894), pp. 71-74; and "Pittsburgh Compound Mogul Locomotive", Railroad Gazette, Volume XXVI [26], No 5 (2 February 1894), pp. 80-81. Works numbers were 1451 in April 1893 and 1489-1490 in November.

The AERJ explains that this design was one of five shown by Pittsburgh at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago. See Locobase 5845 for the Vandalia Line's very similar Ten-wheeler and a description of the "Pittsburgh system" of cross-compounding.

When it was delivered, the design was credited with a trailing load of 1,910 tons on the level and 540 tons up a 1% grade at 20 mph (32 kph). As the road steepened to 1.7%, trailing load dropped to 400 tons and speed to 10 mph (16.kph). At that speed, the engine could haul 250 tons up a 3% grade.

The November Moguls arrived as 19 x 24 inch simple-expansion locomotives, almost certainly of identical specs except for the 13's cross-compound setup.


Class 3/E-5 (Locobase 7855)

Data from C&O 9-1936 Locomotive Diagrams supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive Rail Data Exchange. See also DeGolyer, Volume 32, p. 245. (Thanks to Chris Hohl for his 18 June 2015 email and spreadsheet pointing me to the Baldwin specifications page and VAL road numbers.) Works numbers were 32830-32831 in June 1908.

The Virginia Air Line was built to get around the loading-gauge limitations of many of the Blue Ridge tunnels on the C&O. Chartered in 1906 and opened in October 1908, the VAL linked the Piedmont subdivision with the Rivanna subdivision of the James River Line. Lindsay, Virginia was the junction at the Piedmont end and Strathmore joined the VAL and the Rivanna sub.

This pair of Moguls seem small to be carrying bigger loads than could fit through any tunnel; indeed, they were small 2-6-0s for their time, period. Baldwin's specs overestimated the adhesion and engine weights, a relatively rare outcome.

But they obviously served the mixed-traffic trains that made up the rest of the schedule. 427 left service in 1935, 428 in 1946.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class133/E-5
Locobase ID9410 7855
RailroadColumbus, Hocking Valley & Toledo (C&O)Virginia Air Line (C&O)
CountryUSAUSA
Whyte2-6-02-6-0
Number in Class32
Road Numbers13-153, 5/330, 332/15-16/19-20/427-428
GaugeStdStd
Number Built32
BuilderPittsburghBurnham, Williams & Co
Year18931906
Valve GearStephensonStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)13.17 / 4.0112 / 3.66
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)20.83 / 6.3520.25 / 6.17
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.63 0.59
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)48.33 / 14.7348.67 / 14.83
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)100,000 / 45,359104,300 / 47,310
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)116,000 / 52,617120,400 / 54,613
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)96,500 / 43,772117,400 / 53,252
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)212,500 / 96,389237,800 / 107,865
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)3600 / 13.646000 / 22.73
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)7 / 610 / 9
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)56 / 2858 / 29
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)54 / 137256 / 1422
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)180 / 1240180 / 1240
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)19" x 26" / 483x660 (1)19" x 26" / 483x660
Low Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)29" x 26" / 737x660 (1)
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)18,607 / 8440.0025,644 / 11631.94
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 5.37 4.07
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)282 - 2" / 51246 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)10.50 / 3.2011.50 / 3.51
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)161 / 14.96144 / 13.38
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)24.20 / 2.2525.90 / 2.41
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1472 / 136.801603 / 148.92
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1472 / 136.801603 / 148.92
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume345.41187.92
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation43564662
Same as above plus superheater percentage43564662
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area28,98025,920
Power L137124575
Power MT245.51290.11

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