Kneeland-West Lumber Company 2-6-2 "Prairie" Locomotives in the USA


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 1 (Locobase 14291)

Data from DeGolyer Library, Volume 52, p. 322. Works number was 41422 in May 1914.

Kneeland-West was based in Lugerville, Wisc, eleven miles northwest of Phillips and located on the banks of the Flambeau River. The 1 pulled not only logs out of the formerly virgin timberlands but also passengers on the days that the logging trains didn't run. The "rough, undulating track" weighed 60 lb/yard (30 kg/metre), scaled 6% grades, and bent around 35 degree curves (166 foot/50.6 metre radii).

The K-W was succeeded by West Lumber, which renumbered the 1 as 101.

The sawmills at Lugerville operated until 1933.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class1
Locobase ID14291
RailroadKneeland-West Lumber Company
CountryUSA
Whyte2-6-2
Number in Class1
Road Numbers1 / 101
GaugeStd
Number Built1
BuilderBaldwin
Year1914
Valve GearStephenson
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)46.87 / 14.29
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)76,550 / 34,723
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)100,700 / 45,677
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)80,000 / 36,287
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)180,700 / 81,964
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)4000 / 15.15
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)6 / 6
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)43 / 21.50
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)16" x 24" / 406x610
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)21,364 / 9690.56
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 3.58
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)87 / 8.08
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)14.40 / 1.34
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1602 / 148.83
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1602 / 148.83
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume286.58
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation2592
Same as above plus superheater percentage2592
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area15,660
Power L14810
Power MT415.58

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