Marquette & South Eastern 2-8-0 "Consolidation" Locomotives in the USA


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 36 (Locobase 13131)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Volume 30, p. 225. Works numbers were 30828, 30841 in May 1907.

The M & SE ran from Big Bay in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan along the shore of Lake Superior through Marquette, then inland to Lawson, where it met the Munising. In 1912, the M & SE merged with the Munising Railroad and was then named the Munising, Marquette & South Eastern. And in 1923, the larger Lake Superior & Ishpeming absorbed the MM & SE.

The pair of Consolidations delivered by Baldwin in 1907 kept their numbers on the MM & SE

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class36
Locobase ID13131
RailroadMarquette & South Eastern
CountryUSA
Whyte2-8-0
Number in Class2
Road Numbers36-37
GaugeStd
Number Built2
BuilderBurnham, Williams & Co
Year1907
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)15.50 / 4.72
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)23.50 / 7.16
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.66
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)152,000 / 68,946
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)174,000 / 78,925
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)120,000 / 54,431
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)294,000 / 133,356
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)6000 / 22.73
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)63 / 31.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)56 / 1422
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)200 / 1380
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)20" x 28" / 508x711
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)34,000 / 15422.16
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.47
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)270 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)14.50 / 4.42
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)166 / 15.43
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)30.70 / 2.85
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)2204 / 204.83
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)2204 / 204.83
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume216.50
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation6140
Same as above plus superheater percentage6140
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area33,200
Power L15563
Power MT322.74

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