Data from W&LE 8 - 1923 & 10 1924 Locomotive Diagram books supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive Rail Data Exchange. Further information from the Nickel Plate Historical and Technical Society website and its page on the W&LE ([], last accessed 7 October 2006). Works number was 47767 in April 1910.
This railroad extended from Wellington, Ohio to the Lake Erie port city of Lorain, Ohio as a competitor with the Lorain, Ashland & Southern. It only ever had the one locomotive shown in this entry, which was a relatively small wide-firebox Consolidation that was a refugee from a ten-locomotive order in 1910 by the Buffalo & Susquehanna that was cancelled when the B&S went into receivership. It left the stock track in February 1912 for the L&WV.
On the L&WV, the engine was used primarily in switching service. Its 12" (305 mm) piston valves, high-pitched boiler, and closely spaced domes over the middle two axles suggest the date estimated in the specifications.
Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
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Class | 1 |
Locobase ID | 7899 |
Railroad | Lorain & West Virginia |
Country | USA |
Whyte | 2-8-0 |
Number in Class | 1 |
Road Numbers | 1 |
Gauge | Std |
Number Built | 1 |
Builder | Alco-Brooks |
Year | 1910 |
Valve Gear | Stephenson |
Locomotive Length and Weight | |
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 14.25 / 4.34 |
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 22.08 / 6.73 |
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 0.65 |
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | 54.29 / 16.55 |
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 171,200 / 77,655 |
Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 191,000 / 86,636 |
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | 126,000 / 57,153 |
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | 317,000 / 143,789 |
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 6000 / 22.73 |
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | 13 / 12 |
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 71 / 35.50 |
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 51 / 1295 |
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 185 / 1280 |
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 21" x 28" / 533x711 |
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 38,073 / 17269.64 |
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 4.50 |
Heating Ability | |
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 375 - 2" / 51 |
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 12.83 / 3.91 |
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 179 / 16.64 |
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 54.50 / 5.07 |
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 2676 / 248.70 |
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 2676 / 248.70 |
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 238.50 |
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 10,083 |
Same as above plus superheater percentage | 10,083 |
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 33,115 |
Power L1 | 5005 |
Power MT | 257.81 |