Booth-Kelly Lumber Company 2-6-2 "Prairie" Locomotives in the USA
Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media
Class 1 (Locobase 13484)
Data from DeGolyer Library, Volume 32, p. 292. See also the history of Wendling in [
], last accessed 22 November 2011. Works number was 32943 in August 1908.
This was the first Baldwin sold to the big lumber company that Robert Booth and George and Tom Kelly established in Oregon in the town they named Wendling in 1899. Wendling was the headquarters of a large timber empire that harvested throughout the Mohawk Valley of Oregon.
This logging Prairie arrived on the property as a wood-burner, but was converted to oil burning in 1913.
| Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | 1 |
| Locobase ID | 13484 |
| Railroad | Booth-Kelly Lumber Company |
| Country | USA |
| Whyte | 2-6-2 |
| Number in Class | 1 |
| Road Numbers | 1 |
| Gauge | Std |
| Number Built | 1 |
| Builder | Burnham, Williams & Co |
| Year | 1908 |
| Valve Gear | Walschaert |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 10 / 3.05 |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 25.25 / 7.70 |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 0.40 |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | 46.46 / 14.16 |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
| Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 80,000 / 36,287 |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 105,000 / 47,627 |
| Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | 60,000 / 27,216 |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | 165,000 / 74,843 |
| 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) | 44 / 22 |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 44 / 1118 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 160 / 1100 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 16" x 24" / 406x610 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 18,991 / 8614.18 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 4.21 |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 215 - 2" / 51 |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 13.54 / 4.13 |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 92.50 / 8.59 |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 14.40 / 1.34 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1607 / 149.29 |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1607 / 149.29 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 287.48 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 2304 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 2304 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 14,800 |
| Power L1 | 4344 |
| Power MT | 359.13 |