Data from Emory Edwards, Modern American Locomotive Engines, (Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird & Co, 1883), pp. 120, 122. See also DeGolyer, Volume 7, p. 186. Baldwin works numbers 3878 in May 1876.
Like the 2-6-0 shown in Locobase 9680, this engine was acquired by the Easton, PA-based West End Railway Company to operate on a narrow-gauge line at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition. It's interesting that the larger boiler went on the Eight-wheeler and not the Mogul. The 4-4-0 also had fewer fire tubes with larger diameters.
After not being delivered to the Manhattan Beach Railway, the Schuykill was sold to the Foxburg, Saint Petersburg & Clarion in western Pennsylvania (part of the Pittsburgh & Western network) in 1878 as their #1.
The FSP&C was sold to the Pittsburgh, Bradford & Buffalo in 1881 and the engine went along as its #1. This railroad also was part of the P&W network, which the engine, now renumbered 11, served until it was sold in January 1892 to the Altoona & Wopsononock Railroad, which was reorganized in 1893 as the Altoona, Clearfield & Northern Railroad, which in turn was reorganized in 1897 as the Altoona & Beech Creek Railroad.
| Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | Schuykill |
| Locobase ID | 9681 |
| Railroad | Centennial Narrow Gauge |
| Country | USA |
| Whyte | 4-4-0 |
| Number in Class | 1 |
| Road Numbers | |
| Gauge | 3' |
| Number Built | 1 |
| Builder | Burnham, Parry, Williams & Co |
| Year | 1876 |
| Valve Gear | Stephenson |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 7.50 / 2.29 |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 18.58 / 5.66 |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 0.40 |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
| Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 26,000 / 11,793 |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 42,000 / 19,051 |
| Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | |
| Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 1000 / 3.79 |
| Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | |
| Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 22 / 11 |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 42 / 1067 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 130 / 900 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 12" x 16" / 305x406 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 6062 / 2749.68 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 4.29 |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 112 - 2" / 51 |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 8.44 / 2.57 |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 72 / 6.69 |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 8.50 / 0.79 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 562 / 52.21 |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 562 / 52.21 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 268.90 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 1105 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 1105 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 9360 |
| Power L1 | 4014 |
| Power MT | 680.72 |