Westmoreland Lumber Company / Woodworth & Louisiana Central 2-6-0 "Mogul" Locomotives in the USA


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 5 (Locobase 13606)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Volume 34, p. 282. Works number was 34342 in February 1910.

Westmoreland had already taken ownership of its #4, an identical Mogul originally sold to Charleston Lumber and later owned by Westmoreland . It obviously was the right size because the 5 was a younger sister in every respect.

After it was sold to Hilton-Dodge, that company went bankrupt in 1916 and the 5 later worked for Savannah Lumber Company.


Class 6 (Locobase 14036)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Volume 28, p. 127, and Volume 45, p. 14. See also the Tap Line Cases abstract ""Tap Line Case" Summary of Woodworth & Louisiana Central Railway" archived at [link], last accessed 3 October 2018. Works numbers were 26278 in August 1905 and 40787 in October 1913.

Wood-burners operating in Louisiana, these narrow-gauge Moguls were purchased by W&LC parent Rapides Lumber Company (they were described by the Supreme Court in 1914 as "identical in interest".). They operated on the railway's 18-mile (29 km) narrow-gauge branch, which ran from the Rapides mill at Woodworth to the spur tracks that wound out of the timber stands themselves.

The 6 was originally delivered to the Rapides, but in 1909, it was "sold" to the W&LC. The 7 joined it four years later. The Rapides bought back the narrow-gauge portion of Woodworth-Valentine narrow-gauge line in April 1916 after the W&LC was granted permission by the Louisiana Railroad Commission to abandon it.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class56
Locobase ID13606 14036
RailroadWestmoreland Lumber CompanyWoodworth & Louisiana Central
CountryUSAUSA
Whyte2-6-02-6-0
Number in Class11
Road Numbers56-7
GaugeStd3'
Number Built11
BuilderBaldwinBaldwin
Year19101913
Valve GearStephensonStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)12 / 3.6610 / 3.05
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)18.83 / 5.7416.67 / 5.08
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.64 0.60
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)41.12 / 12.5339.48 / 12.03
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)50,000 / 22,68060,000 / 27,216
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)62,000 / 28,12370,000 / 31,752
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)50,000 / 22,68040,000 / 18,144
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)112,000 / 50,803110,000 / 49,896
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)2500 / 9.472000 / 7.58
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)28 / 1433 / 16.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)42 / 106742 / 1067
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)160 / 1100175 / 1210
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)13" x 20" / 330x50815" x 20" / 381x508
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)10,945 / 4964.5715,938 / 7229.36
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.57 3.76
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)112 - 2" / 51149 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) 9.23 / 2.81 9.04 / 2.76
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)72 / 6.6978 / 7.25
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)11.70 / 1.0913 / 1.21
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)608 / 56.48777 / 72.19
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)608 / 56.48777 / 72.19
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume198.05189.98
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation18722275
Same as above plus superheater percentage18722275
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area11,52013,650
Power L135313495
Power MT467.07385.26

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