Simpson Logging 2-8-0 "Consolidation" Locomotives in the USA


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class Koo-Ley-Cui-Tan (Locobase 12481)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 23, p. 235. Works numbers 18718 in March 1901.

Logging in Mason and Grays Harbor counties on Washington's Olympic Peninsula imposed some severe demands on locomotives and these are reflected in the specifications. Curves of up to 20-deg radius, grades of 7% (yes, 370 feet to the mile). That latter incline was to be scaled by this locomotive pulling one loaded car of 30 tons on the log track at 20 mph. Or it could push logs between the rails, for which the specs required Baldwin to "provide means for wetting slide log way, between tracks." The tender was sized to allow 2,100 gallons for the boiler - enough for a 12-mile round trip.

Locobase hasn't been able to establish the meaning of the locomotive's name, which accompanied it when it joined the Phoenix Logging family in 1907.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
ClassKoo-Ley-Cui-Tan
Locobase ID12481
RailroadSimpson Logging
CountryUSA
Whyte2-8-0
Number in Class1
Road Numbers
GaugeStd
Number Built1
BuilderBurnham, Williams & Co
Year1901
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)13.50 / 4.11
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)21.67 / 6.61
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.62
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)119,000 / 53,978
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)133,000 / 60,328
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)56,000 / 25,401
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)189,000 / 85,729
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)2800 / 10.61
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)50 / 25
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)50 / 1270
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)160 / 1100
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)20" x 24" / 508x610
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)26,112 / 11844.22
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.56
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)270 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)12.42 / 3.79
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)166 / 15.43
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)33.50 / 3.11
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1910 / 177.51
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1910 / 177.51
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume218.79
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation5360
Same as above plus superheater percentage5360
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area26,560
Power L14185
Power MT310.13

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