Data from the locomotive diagram published on Vernon Beck's website -- [] (accessed 22 March 2003). This was a design for a Consolidation that was never actually built, according to Corbin & Kerka (1960).
Data from the locomotive diagram published on Vernon Beck's website -- [] (accessed 22 March 2003) and DeGolyer, Volume 22, p. 262. Works numbers were 17543-17544, 17554-17555 in March 1900.
Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media | ||
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Class | D-5 | D-6 |
Locobase ID | 5486 | 5487 |
Railroad | Quincy, Omaha & Kansas City (QO&KC) | Omaha, Kansas City & Eastern (QO&KC) |
Country | USA | USA |
Whyte | 2-8-0 | 2-8-0 |
Number in Class | 1 | 4 |
Road Numbers | 511 | 512-515/31-34 |
Gauge | Std | Std |
Number Built | 1 | 4 |
Builder | Brooks | Burnham, Williams & Co |
Year | 1900 | |
Valve Gear | Stephenson | Stephenson |
Locomotive Length and Weight | ||
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 13.50 / 4.11 | 14 / 4.27 |
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 22 / 6.71 | 22.08 / 6.73 |
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 0.61 | 0.63 |
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | ||
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | ||
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 119,000 / 53,978 | 132,000 / 59,874 |
Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 131,000 / 59,421 | 148,000 / 67,132 |
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | 90,000 / 40,823 | 83,000 / 37,648 |
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | 221,000 / 100,244 | 231,000 / 104,780 |
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 4000 / 15.15 | 4000 / 15.15 |
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | ||
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 50 / 25 | 55 / 27.50 |
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | ||
Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 50 / 1270 | 51 / 1295 |
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 180 / 12.40 | 180 / 12.40 |
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 18" x 26" / 457x660 | 20" x 26" / 508x660 |
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 25,777 / 11692.26 | 31,200 / 14152.10 |
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 4.62 | 4.23 |
Heating Ability | ||
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 230 - 2" / 51 | 260 - 2.25" / 57 |
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | ||
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 13.83 / 4.22 | 13.28 / 4.05 |
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 152 / 14.13 | 180.30 / 16.75 |
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 23.75 / 2.21 | 26.33 / 2.45 |
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 2025 / 188.20 | 2203 / 204.66 |
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | ||
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 2025 / 188.20 | 2203 / 204.66 |
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 264.36 | 233.12 |
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | ||
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 4275 | 4739 |
Same as above plus superheater percentage | 4275 | 4739 |
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 27,360 | 32,454 |
Power L1 | 5454 | 5026 |
Power MT | 404.17 | 335.77 |