Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 21, p. 128. Railroad information for the August 1993 roster prepared by Copeland and supplied in August 2013 by Allen Stanley from his extensive Rail Data Exchange collection. (Thanks to Chris Hohl for his 25 October 2021 email supplying the engine-and-tender wheelbase.) Works number was 15720 in February 1898.
The most important predecessor to the C&WC was the Port Royal & Augusta Railway, an 1878 reorganization of the Port Royal Railroad. The PRRR had been funded by the Georgia Railroad & Banking Company to build a 112-mile (180 km) line from Port Royal, South Carolina with Augusta in Georgia. Its passage through the rural Deep South inspired its nickname "Magnolia Route".
The GR&BC combined the PR&A with the Augusta & Knoxville in 1881, calling the result the Port Royal & Western. Copeland noted that despite the amalgamation, "the PR&A always operated its own locomotives". In an 1896 reorganization, the two were finally merged as the C&WC, which in turn came under Atlantic Coast Line control in 1897. (See Locobase 12254 for further discussion of the reasons for the takeover.
It was at that time that the C&WC bought this typical Eight-wheel mixed-traffic locomotive. The railway reported 12 deg curves and 1 1/2% grades on the main line and 18 deg curves in the yard. The stack betrayed Southern Railway influence as it was manufactured in the Atlantic & Danville style. (Oil cups followed Southern Railway standard.)
But the tradition of independence continued as the CW&C continued to operate independently for decades.
| Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | 113 |
| Locobase ID | 12255 |
| Railroad | Charleston & Western Carolina |
| Country | USA |
| Whyte | 4-4-0 |
| Number in Class | 1 |
| Road Numbers | 113 |
| Gauge | Std |
| Number Built | 1 |
| Builder | Burnham, Williams & Co |
| Year | 1898 |
| Valve Gear | Stephenson |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 8.33 / 2.54 |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 22.33 / 6.81 |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 0.37 |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | 45.83 |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
| Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 58,000 / 26,308 |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 90,000 / 40,823 |
| Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | 70,000 / 31,752 |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | 160,000 / 72,575 |
| Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 3500 / 13.26 |
| Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | |
| Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 48 / 24 |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 62 / 1575 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 180 / 1240 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 17" x 24" / 432x610 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 17,116 / 7763.70 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 3.39 |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 188 - 2" / 51 |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 10.92 / 3.33 |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 113.75 / 10.57 |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 16.40 / 1.52 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1151 / 106.97 |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1151 / 106.97 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 182.41 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 2952 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 2952 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 20,475 |
| Power L1 | 5069 |
| Power MT | 385.35 |