Durham Transportation Company 2-6-0 "Mogul" Locomotives in the USA

Class 5 (Locobase 13459)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Volume 32, p. 242. (Many thanks to Chris Hohl for his 18 June 2015 email and spreadsheet documenting the differences between the 5 and the 6, which had been lumped together under this entry's number; see Locobase 16120.) Works number was 32815 in June 1908.

This Texas short line opened in 1906, had mainline mileage estimated at somewhere between 27 and 55.5 miles. It's not clear from the Baldwin specifications if all of the rail weighed a modest 35 lb/yard (17.5 kg/metre). Certainly the 5 had frames beefed up for "rough service", which also called for the tender to have a "substantial" design.

The DTS line folded in 1913 and the 5 went to work for Chronister Lumber Company.

Class 6 (Locobase 16120)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Volume 32, p. 243. (Many thanks to Chris Hohl for his 18 June 2015 email and spreadsheet reporting the absence of this engine. Locobase had included it in the 5's entry without properly checking to see if the locomotive was the 5's duplicate. Hohl's spreadsheet clearly documented the difference and prompted this new entry.) Works number was 32815 in June 1908.

Bought at the same time as the 5 (Locobase 13459), the 6 was an appreciably smaller Mogul that was built to burn both coal and wood. Despite its smaller dimensions in most respect, the 6 had a 2" longer driving wheelbase, possibly because the firebox was 30" shorter, but considerably deeper.

The specs comment that the "long and low" tender's design was to be "substantial to withstand hard service."