Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 23, p.136. See also J Britton, "Kishacoquillas Valley Railroad", archived at [] . Works number was 18256 in September 1900.
The KVRR served a nine-mile (14.5 km) swath of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania between Reedsville and Belleville, northwest of Harrisburg. A website devoted to this little line ([]) notes that local residents nicknamed it the Ol' Hook & Eye, the Lofty Vanderbilt, or the Hair Line. Again according to the website, "Much of the railroad's enchantment comes from the fact that it was financed through local stock subscriptions only, and was controlled its entire life by a Belleville physician, Dr. John P. Getter."
He also observes: "The KV was very accommodating and one could thumb a ride on the train anywhere along its route. A common saying was that the KV train stopped once at every single house and twice at every double house."
The KVRR's first bought-new engine was this little Eight-wheeler, for which the Ol' Hook & Eye paid $8,750. Its relatively high boiler pressure and low drivers suited it to the mixed-traffic demands of this mostly agricultural line.
Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
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Class | 3 |
Locobase ID | 12447 |
Railroad | Kishacoquillas Valley |
Country | USA |
Whyte | 4-4-0 |
Number in Class | 1 |
Road Numbers | 3 |
Gauge | Std |
Number Built | 1 |
Builder | Burnham, Williams & Co |
Year | 1900 |
Valve Gear | Stephenson |
Locomotive Length and Weight | |
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 8.50 / 2.59 |
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 22.67 / 6.91 |
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 0.37 |
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | |
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 50,000 / 22,680 |
Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 78,000 / 35,380 |
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | 55,000 / 24,948 |
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | 133,000 / 60,328 |
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 2500 / 9.47 |
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | |
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 42 / 21 |
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 56 / 1422 |
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 200 / 1380 |
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 15" x 24" / 381x610 |
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 16,393 / 7435.75 |
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 3.05 |
Heating Ability | |
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 174 - 2" / 51 |
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 11.50 / 3.51 |
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 115.50 / 10.73 |
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 16.50 / 1.53 |
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1156 / 107.43 |
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1156 / 107.43 |
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 235.44 |
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 3300 |
Same as above plus superheater percentage | 3300 |
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 23,100 |
Power L1 | 6590 |
Power MT | 581.14 |