Tremont & Gulf 4-4-0 "American" Locomotives in the USA


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 50 (Locobase 12894)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 41, p. 200. (Thanks to Chris Hohl for his 20 April 2015 email reporting the tender's fuel capacity.) Works number was 38054 in July 1912.

In the specifications for this Eight-wheeler, the M&NA is given as the railroad that ordered the engine just months after an earlier #1 was diverted to the Missouri & North Arkansas as their 23 (Locobase 13268). But apparently because the railroad had taken advantage of the earlier engine's availability, the second 1 was sold to the Tremont & Gulf as their #50.

The T&G held onto the locomotive until the year matched the road number in 1950.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class50
Locobase ID12894
RailroadTremont & Gulf
CountryUSA
Whyte4-4-0
Number in Class1
Road Numbers50
GaugeStd
Number Built1
BuilderBaldwin
Year1912
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 8.50 / 2.59
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)22.58 / 6.88
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.38
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)76,000 / 34,473
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)113,000 / 51,256
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)80,000 / 36,287
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)193,000 / 87,543
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)4000 / 15.15
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)6
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)63 / 31.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)68 / 1727
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)190 / 1310
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)18" x 24" / 457x610
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)18,468 / 8376.95
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.12
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)267 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)11.62 / 3.54
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)126.50 / 11.76
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)26 / 2.42
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1740 / 161.71
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1740 / 161.71
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume246.11
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation4940
Same as above plus superheater percentage4940
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area24,035
Power L17226
Power MT419.23

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