John L Roper Lumber Company 2-8-0 "Consolidation" Locomotives in the USA


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 105 (Locobase 14962)

Data from DeGolyer, Volume 65, pp. 243+. Works number was 53695 in September 1920.

Locobase 13177 describes JLRLC's large timber business and shows a Mogul that served the 150 miles (242 km) of logging roads. This logging Consolidation followed that engine and a Baldwin Prairie.

The 105 was later sold to Arkansas Land and Lumber. AL&L sold it to Sumter Lumber Company in Sumter, SC.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class105
Locobase ID14962
RailroadJohn L Roper Lumber Company
CountryUSA
Whyte2-8-0
Number in Class1
Road Numbers105
GaugeStd
Number Built1
BuilderBaldwin
Year1920
Valve GearSouthern
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)14.50 / 4.42
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)22.33 / 6.81
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.65
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)51.58 / 15.72
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)110,400 / 50,077
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)126,500 / 57,380
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)90,000 / 40,823
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)216,500 / 98,203
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)4500 / 17.05
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)7 / 6
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)46 / 23
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)48 / 1219
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)180 / 1240
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)19" x 24" / 483x610
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)27,617 / 12526.88
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.00
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)204 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)14 / 4.27
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)114 / 10.59
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)26.20 / 2.43
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1601 / 148.74
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1601 / 148.74
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume203.17
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation4716
Same as above plus superheater percentage4716
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area20,520
Power L13967
Power MT316.87

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