New Orleans, Fort Jackson & Grand Isle 4-4-0 "American" Locomotives in the USA


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 7 (Locobase 13633)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 27, p. 96. Works numbers were 24539 in August 1904

The New Orleans, Fort Jackson & Grand Isle began service in 1891 and ran south to Buras, La some 60 miles away.

In 1908, the NOFJ & GI was leased by the New Orleans Southern; see Locobase 13495. This Eight-wheeler joined an identical engine purchased by that road in the same year.

NB: All heating surface areas are estimates. They are based on the known figures given in the Baldwin specfications for the Western Railways of Havana engine 21 of 1893 described in Locobase 12074, which had the same tube count and lengths only 1/2" longer and a firebox whose length was 3/16" shorter, 3/8" narrower, and a depth at the rear only 1/2" less.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class7
Locobase ID13633
RailroadNew Orleans, Fort Jackson & Grand Isle
CountryUSA
Whyte4-4-0
Number in Class1
Road Numbers7
GaugeStd
Number Built1
BuilderBurnham, Williams & Co
Year1904
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)8 / 2.44
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)21.75 / 6.63
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)48,000 / 21,772
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)75,000 / 34,019
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)59,000 / 26,762
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)134,000 / 60,781
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)40 / 20
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)63 / 1600
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)160 / 11
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)15" x 24" / 381x610
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)11,657 / 5287.53
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.12
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)159 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)10.81 / 3.29
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)100 / 9.29
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)15.50 / 1.44
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1000 / 92.90
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1000 / 92.90
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume203.67
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation2480
Same as above plus superheater percentage2480
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area16,000
Power L15132
Power MT471.42

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