Cashie & Chowan Railroad & Lumber Company 4-4-0 "American" Locomotives in the USA


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class William Albert Johnson (Locobase 11573)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines, 1888, as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 15, p. 9. Works number was 9844 in March 1889.

The C & C was a narrow-gauge lumber road owned by the Greenleaf, Johnson & Son Lumber Company. It ran for nine miles from Howard, NC to Howard Mill and remained open until 1913. At that point, presumably, the 4 went back to Greenleaf Johnson.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
ClassWilliam Albert Johnson
Locobase ID11573
RailroadCashie & Chowan Railroad & Lumber Company
CountryUSA
Whyte4-4-0
Number in Class1
Road Numbers4
Gauge3'6"
Number Built1
BuilderBurnham, Parry, Williams & Co
Year1889
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 6.75 / 2.06
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)17.83 / 5.43
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.38
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)24,000 / 10,886
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)36,000 / 16,329
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)3000 / 11.36
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)20 / 10
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)54 / 1372
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)130 / 900
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)18" x 24" / 457x610
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)15,912 / 7217.57
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 1.51
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)104 - 1.5" / 38
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) 8.44 / 2.57
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 9.40 / 0.87
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation1222
Same as above plus superheater percentage1222
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area
Power L1
Power MT

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