Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Volume 22, p. 177. Works number was 17157 in October 1899..
Small, modestly powered, wood-burning Ten-wheeler working for a modestly financed railroad that delayed its first effort at construction until 1898. The line ran 59 miles (95 km) from Durham to Dunn, North Carolina by 1903.
In 1906, the CF&N was reorganized as the Durham & Southern Railway. The 99 may have been too small as it was sold in 1906 to locomotive rebuilder/reseller Georgia Car & Locomotive. GC&L found a buyer in 1908 when the Greenville & Knoxville bought the engine and gave it road #10. About six years later the G&K reorganized as the Greenvillle & Western and sold the 10 to the Atlanta & St Andrews Bay. That road later renumbered the 10 as 121 and sold it to GC&L. GC&L found yet another buyer in the Georgia, Southwestern & Gulf on 30 November 1917.
| Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | 99 |
| Locobase ID | 12370 |
| Railroad | Cape Fear & Northern |
| Country | USA |
| Whyte | 4-6-0 |
| Number in Class | 1 |
| Road Numbers | 99 |
| Gauge | Std |
| Number Built | 1 |
| Builder | Burnham, Williams & Co |
| Year | 1899 |
| Valve Gear | Stephenson |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 12.83 / 3.91 |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 22.98 / 7 |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 0.56 |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
| Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 71,000 / 32,205 |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 94,000 / 42,638 |
| Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | 65,000 / 29,484 |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | 159,000 / 72,122 |
| Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 3200 / 12.12 |
| Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | |
| Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 39 / 19.50 |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 56 / 1422 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 180 / 1240 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 16" x 24" / 406x610 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 16,786 / 7614.01 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 4.23 |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 176 - 2" / 51 |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 12.12 / 3.69 |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 105.70 / 9.82 |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 15.40 / 1.43 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1210 / 112.45 |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1210 / 112.45 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 216.46 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 2772 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 2772 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 19,026 |
| Power L1 | 5225 |
| Power MT | 486.72 |