Alexander & Rich Mountain 2-8-0 "Consolidation" Locomotives in the USA


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 6 (Locobase 12178)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 20, p. 71.Works number was 14625 in January 1896.

The A&RM had converted to standard gauge by the time they bought this small Consolidation, which wouldn't have looked out of place on the 3-foot (914 mm) line they had just replaced. It was, in fact, one of the smallest 2-8-0s produced for the standard gauge in any country, so Locobase suspects that it was originally intended for the skinny rail.

Transforming into the Alexander & Eastern in 1906, this West Virginia railroad operated the 6 until August 1910, when they sold it to the newly opened Croft Railroad. At the time of incorporation, the CR was reported to plan a road "...from a point near Alexander in Upshur County to or near the Zenders farm in the same county ..."

The CR sold the 6 to F C Cooke, still of Alexander, in 1925.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class6
Locobase ID12178
RailroadAlexander & Rich Mountain
CountryUSA
Whyte2-8-0
Number in Class1
Road Numbers6
GaugeStd
Number Built1
BuilderBurnham, Williams & Co
Year1896
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)11.83 / 3.61
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)18.42 / 5.61
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)64,000 / 29,030
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)74,000 / 33,566
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)2500 / 9.47
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)27 / 13.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)38 / 965
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)160 / 1100
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)16" x 20" / 406x508
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)18,324 / 8311.64
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 3.49
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)140 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)10.92 / 3.33
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)93.29 / 8.67
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)16.60 / 1.54
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)888 / 82.50
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)888 / 82.50
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume190.97
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation2656
Same as above plus superheater percentage2656
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area14,926
Power L12952
Power MT406.75

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