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 Sweat House Media

Class6
Locobase ID5587
RailroadMoscow, Camden & San Augustine
CountryUSA
Whyte2-8-0
Number in Class1
Road Numbers6
GaugeStd
Number Built1
BuilderBaldwin
Year1911
Valve GearStephenson
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 / 11.70
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 Volume207.16
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation3366
Same as above plus superheater percentage3366
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area19,550
Power L13865
Power MT410.64

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