Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Vol 73, pp. 425+. See Locobase 13446 for brief history of the WLC. Works number was 58267 in March 1925.
In early 1925, the North Carolina Lumber Company of Lake Waccamaw, NC ordered the 5, which resembled the earlier Waccamaw Lumber Company logging Prairie locomotive shown in Locobase 13448.
It's close to being a duplicate and certainly was headed for the same kind of duty in the same part of North Carolina. The NCLC was incorporated in 1910 with a capital investment of $125,000. Its base at Lake Waccamaw (about 30 miles/48.3 km west of Wilmington) lay within six miles of Waccamaw Land & Lumber.
But the locomotive was not only a decade younger but weighed less and its tender weighed more. The 5's firebox was smaller while each of the tubes was 5" (127 mm) longer even as wheelbases shrank.
| Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | 5 |
| Locobase ID | 15313 |
| Railroad | North Carolina Lumber Company |
| Country | USA |
| Whyte | 2-6-2 |
| Number in Class | 1 |
| Road Numbers | 5 |
| Gauge | Std |
| Number Built | 1 |
| Builder | Baldwin |
| Year | 1925 |
| Valve Gear | Stephenson |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 7.67 / 2.34 |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 21 / 6.40 |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 0.37 |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | 40.29 / 12.28 |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
| Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 37,000 / 16,783 |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 50,000 / 22,680 |
| Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | 49,000 / 22,226 |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | 99,000 / 44,906 |
| Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 2000 / 7.58 |
| Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | 5 / 5 |
| Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 21 / 10.50 |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 36 / 914 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 180 / 1240 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 11" x 16" / 279x406 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 8228 / 3732.16 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 4.50 |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 83 - 1.75" / 44 |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 10.50 / 3.20 |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 49 / 4.55 |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 14 / 1.30 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 445 / 41.34 |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 445 / 41.34 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 252.84 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 2520 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 2520 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 8820 |
| Power L1 | 4234 |
| Power MT | 756.84 |