Data from CN to 1953 locomotive diagrams supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive Rail Data Exchange. See also DeGolyer, Volume 21, p. 121Works numbers were 15670-15672 in January 1898 and 17055-17056, 17068 in September 1899; 18999, 19017 in May 1901; and 19128-19129, 19151 in June.
The K&M was a short line that connected Corning, Ohio with Gauley, West Virginia (42 miles) through Charleston (1892), several hundred miles south of Michigan. When the Kanawha & Michigan was taken over by the Toledo & Ohio Central in 1903, this class was redesignated M-1 and renumbered 600-609. All were sold off before the New York Central took control. (The New York Central didn't run Baldwin engines, you understand ...)
Such handy and relatively new packages of motive power didn't head to the ferro-knacker's once the T&OC was through with them, however. 15670 (606, ex-546, ex-287) was sold to Ashland Coal & Iron in Kentucky in October 1912.
17056 (546, ex-285) went to the 10-mile-long (16 km) Malvern & Freeo Valley logging railroad in Arkansas as their #8.
17068 (607, ex-547, ex-286) and 19128 (602, ex-542, ex-281) stayed close to home on the Kanawha & West Virginia -- which ran 33 1/2 miles (54 km) up the Elk River from the Charleston junction with the K&M to Blakely -- with road numbers 4 and 5; the former arrived in 1906, the latter in 1917.
19017 (600, ex-541, ex-280) arrived on the Marion & Eastern, a 5 1/2 mile (8.9 km) line in Illinois, in 1916 as their #3.
Ex-542 (ex-279) was sold to the South Dakota Central, which sold it to the Watertown & Sioux Falls in 1916. W&SF #13 came onto the Great Northern in 1922 and was scrapped in 1926.
Eventually works numbers 15670 (134) , 17055 (133), and 19151 (132) wound up on the Canadian Northern while the 19129 (603, ex-543, ex-282) went well east to the Halifax & Southwestern on Nova Scotia (then under Canadian Northern control) in 1924. The CNor locomotives were renumbered 487-489.
| Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | 279/M-1/D-13-a |
| Locobase ID | 7978 |
| Railroad | Kanawha & Michigan (T&OC) |
| Country | USA |
| Whyte | 2-6-0 |
| Number in Class | 11 |
| Road Numbers | 279-289/540-550/ |
| Gauge | Std |
| Number Built | 11 |
| Builder | Burnham, Williams & Co |
| Year | 1898 |
| Valve Gear | Stephenson |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 15.17 / 4.62 |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 23.25 / 7.09 |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 0.65 |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | 48.75 / 14.86 |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
| Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 93,395 / 42,363 |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 113,695 / 51,571 |
| Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | 70,000 / 31,752 |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | 183,695 / 83,323 |
| Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 3500 / 13.26 |
| Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | 11 / 10 |
| Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 52 / 26 |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 57 / 1448 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 180 / 1240 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 17.5" x 24" / 445x610 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 19,729 / 8948.93 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 4.73 |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 246 - 2" / 51 |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 11.50 / 3.51 |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 117.50 / 10.92 |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 17 / 1.58 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1588 / 147.53 |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1588 / 147.53 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 237.72 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 3060 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 3060 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 21,150 |
| Power L1 | 5569 |
| Power MT | 394.37 |
