See also "The Great Wreck of '56" on the Buffalo Creek & Gauley website at [], last accessed 7 December 2017. Works number was 59309 in July 1918.
Delivered as an 0-8-0. (Al Weber's Alco accounting says that this engine was a Schenectady plant switcher that was rebuilt as a 2-8-0 and sold to the KC&NW of Ward, VA. That railroad operated the 1 for over three decades before selling to the Buffalo Creek & Gauley in August 1950 as their #14. The "Great Wreck of '56" left the 14 in bad shape: "Cody Burdette says that #14 broke so many stay bolts that its amazing that the boiler didn't explode. She was in the shop a very long time before going back into service." But back in service she went until Paul Hersch bought the 14 out of storage in 1967. The engine didn't move to Quakertown, PA until 1975. In 1980, 14 was donated to the Historic Red Clay Valley's Wilmington & Western at Greenbank, DE. Sold to Melvyn Small in December 1984, the 14 was stored in the W&W shop in Marshallton, DE. By 2014, the 14 had been cosmetically restored and put on static display at Gaithersburg, MD.
| Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | 1 |
| Locobase ID | 1311 |
| Railroad | Kelley's Creek and Northwestern |
| Country | USA |
| Whyte | 2-8-0 |
| Number in Class | 1 |
| Road Numbers | 1/14 |
| Gauge | Std |
| Number Built | 1 |
| Builder | Alco-Schenectady |
| Year | 1918 |
| Valve Gear | Walschaert |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheebase | |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
| Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 185,000 |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 210,000 / 93,440 |
| Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | |
| Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | |
| Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | |
| Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 77 / 38.50 |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 51 / 1295 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 200 / 13.80 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 22" x 26" / 559x660 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 41,947 / 19026.86 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 4.41 |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | |
| Power L1 | |
| Power MT | |
