East Texas & Gulf 2-6-2 "Prairie" Locomotives in the USA


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 52 (Locobase 11008)

Data from "Logging Locomotives", Record of Recent Construction #96 (Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1918), p. 12-13. See also DeGolyer, Vol 62, pp. 362+. Works number was 52517 in November 1919.

Baldwin's photograph shows a relatively outdated layout in a small branch-line locomotive that was owned by the Lodwick Lumber Company of Hicksbaugh, Tex, which operated the 3.9-mile long ET&G.

After only a few years on the ET & G, the engine departed to work for the Carolina Western.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class52
Locobase ID11008
RailroadEast Texas & Gulf
CountryUSA
Whyte2-6-2
Number in Class1
Road Numbers52
GaugeStd
Number Built1
BuilderBaldwin
Year1919
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)8 / 2.44
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)22.33 / 6.81
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.36
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)46.08 / 14.05
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)57,500 / 26,082
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)79,000 / 35,834
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)60,000 / 27,216
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)139,000 / 63,050
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)3000 / 11.36
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)5 / 5
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)32 / 16
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)44 / 1118
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)180 / 1240
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)13" x 22" / 330x559
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)12,929 / 5864.50
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.45
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)116 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)11.50 / 3.51
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)74 / 6.88
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)13.30 / 1.24
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)767 / 71.28
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)767 / 71.28
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume226.92
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation2394
Same as above plus superheater percentage2394
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area13,320
Power L14440
Power MT510.71

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