Mississippi Eastern 2-6-0 "Mogul" Locomotives in the USA


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 7 (Locobase 14306)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Vol 62, pp. 364+, See also Locobase 14343 for more on the Mississippi Eastern. Works number was 53233 in May 1920.

Typical logging Mogul, but without the cabbage stack because it burned coal.

When Long Bell's Mississippi timberland had been cut over and the railroad closed, the 7 was sold to the Murfreesboro-Nashville in Arkansas.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class7
Locobase ID14306
RailroadMississippi Eastern
CountryUSA
Whyte2-6-0
Number in Class1
Road Numbers7
GaugeStd
Number Built1
BuilderBaldwin
Year1920
Valve GearWalschaert
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)11.50 / 3.51
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)19.33 / 5.89
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.59
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)46.50 / 14.17
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)96,000 / 43,545
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)112,000 / 50,802
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)65,000 / 29,484
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)177,000 / 80,286
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)3000 / 11.36
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)6 / 6
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)53 / 26.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)52 / 1321
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)180 / 1240
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)18" x 24" / 457x610
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)22,879 / 10377.75
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.20
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)219 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)11 / 3.35
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)103 / 9.57
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)21.30 / 1.98
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1355 / 125.88
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1355 / 125.88
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume191.65
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation3834
Same as above plus superheater percentage3834
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area18,540
Power L14126
Power MT284.26

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