Cincinnati, Flemingsburg & Southeastern 4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler" Locomotives in the USA
Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media
Class 9 (Locobase 14108)
Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Vol 47, p. 252. See also [
] . Works number was 40009 in June 1913.
Several grand plans and false starts afflicted this Kentucky line over its troubled history. The road that would become the CF&SE emerged from reorganization in 1891 as the narrow-gauge Covington, Flemingsburg & Ashland. Another reorganization in 1905 resulted in the CF&SE. After a bridge collapse on the 11-mile Hillsboro-Flemingsburg section killed 3 passengers and injured 20 in 1907, the railroad abandoned all but 6 miles between Flemingsburg and Flemingsburg Junction (with the L&N), Ky and widened that track to standard gauge in 1909. Rail weight was 58.25 lb/yard (29 kg/metre).
Four years later, the CF&SE ordered the small Ten-wheeler that was given the number 9. The 9 operated on the 6-mile line for the CF&SE and its 1920 successor Flemingsbug & Northern until it was scrapped in 1937.
| Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | 9 |
| Locobase ID | 14108 |
| Railroad | Cincinnati, Flemingsburg & Southeastern |
| Country | USA |
| Whyte | 4-6-0 |
| Number in Class | 1 |
| Road Numbers | 9 |
| Gauge | Std |
| Number Built | 1 |
| Builder | Baldwin |
| Year | 1913 |
| Valve Gear | Walschaert |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 12.50 / 3.81 |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 22.65 / 6.90 |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 0.55 |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | 48.15 / 14.02 |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
| Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 66,500 / 30,164 |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 91,500 / 41,504 |
| Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | 60,000 / 27,216 |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | 151,500 / 68,720 |
| Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 3000 / 11.36 |
| Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | 4 |
| Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 37 / 18.50 |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 54 / 1372 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 180 / 1240 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 15" x 24" / 381x610 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 15,300 / 6939.97 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 4.35 |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 136 - 2" / 51 |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 12.15 / 3.70 |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 79.20 / 7.36 |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 14.30 / 1.33 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 934 / 86.77 |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 934 / 86.77 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 190.22 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 2574 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 2574 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 14,256 |
| Power L1 | 4388 |
| Power MT | 436.42 |