Surry, Sussex & Southampton 4-4-0 "American" Locomotives in the USA


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 2 (Locobase 11854)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Vol 13, p. 111. Works number was 8119 in September 1886.

See Locobase 11663 for a history of the S S & S, a common-carrier and logging road in southeastern Virginia. This high-drivered Eight-wheeler (it's all relative) was the second locomotive on the line.

2 later moved to North Carolina and the Tar River Lumber Company of Rocky Mount, NC.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class2
Locobase ID11854
RailroadSurry, Sussex & Southampton
CountryUSA
Whyte4-4-0
Number in Class1
Road Numbers2
Gauge3'
Number Built1
BuilderBurnham, Parry, Williams & Co
Year1886
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 6.42 / 1.96
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)17.29 / 5.27
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)22,000 / 9979
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)33,000 / 14,969
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)18 / 9
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)43 / 1092
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)130 / 900
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)10" x 16" / 254x406
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)4112 / 1865.17
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 5.35
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)93 - 1.5" / 38
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) 8.58 / 2.62
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)36.28 / 3.37
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 6.60 / 0.61
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)347 / 32.25
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)347 / 32.25
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume239.31
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation858
Same as above plus superheater percentage858
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area4716
Power L13395
Power MT680.43

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