Virginia & Truckee 4-4-0 "American" Locomotives in the USA
Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media
Class Reno (Locobase 4951)
Data and information from [
] . See also Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines, as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Volume 6, p. 51
Reno and sister Genoa both wound up in moving pictures. Reno (Baldwin works # 2816) eventually was sold to MGM for $5,000 after a long career on the Nevada railroad. Genoa (3090) eventually went east to star as the Union Pacific's Jupiter in the 1939 New York World's Fair's Railroads on Parade. After another stint at a Chicago Railway fair, the engine was preserved by the Pacific Coast Railway & Locomotive Historical Society.
#22 Inyo (Baldwin 3693) looks as if it might be a near-sister, but slightly heavier. According to NRSM's entry about the INYO herself, she served regular mixed passenger and freight traffic for years. Eventually she was bought by Paramount Pictures for movies in the 1930s and was shown on the TV series Wild Wild West in the 1960s.
| Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | Reno |
| Locobase ID | 4951 |
| Railroad | Virginia & Truckee |
| Country | USA |
| Whyte | 4-4-0 |
| Number in Class | 2 |
| Road Numbers | 11-12 |
| Gauge | Std |
| Number Built | 2 |
| Builder | M. Baird & Co |
| Year | 1872 |
| Valve Gear | Stephenson |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
| Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 45,500 / 20,638 |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 65,000 / 29,484 |
| Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | |
| Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 2200 / 8.33 |
| Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | |
| Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 38 / 19 |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 56.75 / 1443 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 130 / 900 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 16" x 24" / 406x610 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 11,963 / 5426.33 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 3.80 |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 144 - 2" / 51 |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 10.95 / 3.34 |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 15.40 / 1.43 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 2002 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 2002 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | |
| Power L1 | |
| Power MT | |