Des Moines & Kansas City 2-8-0 "Consolidation" Locomotives in the USA
Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media
Class 9 (Locobase 11531)
Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines, 1888, as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Vol 15, p. 2. Works number was 9795 in February 1889. Railroad information from [
] . The DM & KC, as noted in Locobase 11530, converted to standard gauge operation in Novemnber 1896. At that point, this Consolidation was sold in 1896 to the Kaslo & Slocan Railway, which served a mining region of the Kootenay Lake in Canada's British Columbia. The K & S enjoyed some boom years in the mid-1890s, says Wikipedia, but eventually succumbed to high operating costs incurred by frequent mud and snow slides and service was cut off in 1908 by yet more flooding and slides.
| Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | 9 |
| Locobase ID | 11531 |
| Railroad | Des Moines & Kansas City |
| Country | USA |
| Whyte | 2-8-0 |
| Number in Class | 1 |
| Road Numbers | 9 |
| Gauge | 3' |
| Number Built | 1 |
| Builder | Burnham, Parry, Williams & Co |
| Year | 1889 |
| Valve Gear | Stephenson |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 11.50 / 3.51 |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 18 / 5.49 |
| 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) | 70,000 / 31,752 |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 77,000 / 34,927 |
| 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) | 29 / 14.50 |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 38 / 965 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 130 / 900 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 16" x 20" / 406x508 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 14,888 / 6753.09 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 4.70 |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 123 - 2.25" / 57 |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 13.23 / 4.03 |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 87 / 8.09 |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 15.60 / 1.45 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1047 / 97.30 |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1047 / 97.30 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 225.16 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 2028 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 2028 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 11,310 |
| Power L1 | 2624 |
| Power MT | 330.57 |