Atlantic Mining Company 2-8-0 "Consolidation" Locomotives in the USA


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class John Stanton (Locobase 12116)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Volume 19, p. 135. Works numbers were 14060 in August 1894 and 16028 in July 1898.

Gene Connelly could find no record of #5's fate - apparently it remained with the AMC for all of its operational life. #6 -- delivered with the name Baltic -- was sold to Charcoal Iron Company of America.

7 went as #8 to the Manistique & Lake Superior; for its subsequent history and a note about conflicting information, see Locobase 8891.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
ClassJohn Stanton
Locobase ID12116
RailroadAtlantic Mining Company
CountryUSA
Whyte2-8-0
Number in Class2
Road Numbers5-6
GaugeStd
Number Built2
BuilderBurnham, Williams & Co
Year1894
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)13.67 / 4.17
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)21.33 / 6.50
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.64
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)110,000 / 49,895
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)114,000 / 51,710
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)3000 / 11.36
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)46 / 23
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)50 / 1270
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)170 / 1170
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)19" x 24" / 483x610
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)25,039 / 11357.51
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.39
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)183 - 2.25" / 57
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)13.25 / 4.04
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)128 / 11.90
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)23.75 / 2.21
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1537 / 142.84
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1537 / 142.84
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume195.05
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation4038
Same as above plus superheater percentage4038
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area21,760
Power L13914
Power MT313.78

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