Moscow, Camden & San Augustine 2-8-0 "Consolidation" Locomotives in the USA
Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media
Class 6 (Locobase 5587)
Data comes from the Texas Transportation Museum website [
] (20 June 2003), which also styles itself as the Longhorn & Western Railroad. See also DeGolyer, Volume 36, p. 85 and George C. Werner, "MOSCOW, CAMDEN AND SAN AUGUSTINE RAILROAD," Handbook of Texas Online ([]), accessed July 21, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.. Works number was 35816 in January 1911.
Wholly owned by the WT Carter & Brother lumber company, the MC&SA ran for 6.8 miles (11 km) in St Augustine county in East Texas. This little Consolidation served the railway as a switcher for decades, burning (at least at first) pine slabs. 1929 saw the engine's conversion from wood-burning to oil-firing.
Out of service in 1956 with 90,000 miles (144,900 km) on its boiler. The TTM comments that this locomotive will probably never run again because it has a riveted boiler, which were outlawed in Bexar County in 1925. Georgetown, Texas volunteers had planned to restore it, but the engine was delivered to the TTM in 1984.
| Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | 6 |
| Locobase ID | 5587 |
| Railroad | Moscow, Camden & San Augustine |
| Country | USA |
| Whyte | 2-8-0 |
| Number in Class | 1 |
| Road Numbers | 6 |
| Gauge | Std |
| Number Built | 1 |
| Builder | Baldwin |
| Year | 1911 |
| Valve Gear | Stephenson |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 12.50 / 3.81 |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 19.33 / 5.89 |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 0.65 |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | 45.46 / 13.86 |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
| Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 83,000 / 37,648 |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 93,000 / 42,184 |
| Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | 52,000 / 23,587 |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | 145,000 / 65,771 |
| Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 3000 / 11.36 |
| Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | 1200 / 4542 |
| Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 35 / 17.50 |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 44 / 1118 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 170 / 1170 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 16" x 24" / 406x610 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 20,177 / 9152.14 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 4.11 |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 166 - 2" / 51 |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 12.08 / 3.68 |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 115 / 10.68 |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 19.80 / 1.84 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1158 / 107.62 |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1158 / 107.62 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 207.16 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 3366 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 3366 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 19,550 |
| Power L1 | 3865 |
| Power MT | 410.64 |