Florida East Coast 4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler" Locomotives in the USA


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 28 (Locobase 6675)

Data from FEC 1926 locomotive diagram book supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive Rail Data Exchange. Works numbers were 4559-4563 in October 1897, 4920-4921 in December 1898, 5367-5368 in December 1899, and 5696-5700 in December 1900.

This was the first of two batches of Ten-wheelers that were distinguished primarily by builder, weight, and boiler pressure; see Locobase 6676 for the Baldwin-built variant. If the firebox shown in the 1926 diagram book was the one delivered in the late 1800s, they were wider and shallower than the traditional deep and narrow fireboxes produced by Baldwin..

Their careers on the FEC lasted only into the mid-1920s, although some lasted long enough to be sold into industrial service in the 1930s. Those latter engines were the first to be sold off. Three went to Kershaw Construction (31, 33-34) and another to Osceola Cypress (39). 30, 36, and 37 were scrapped early and the other five were sold to scrap dealers (four to Walker-Wallingford, one to Florida Iron Metal).


Class 40 (Locobase 6676)

Data from FEC 1926 locomotive diagram book supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive Rail Data Exchange. See also DeGolyer, Volume 24, p. 167. Works numbers were 20032-20036 in February 1902.

These were the only Baldwins bought new by the FEC. Their Ten-wheeler design followed that of the twelve Schenectady locomotives shown in Locobase 6675. But their narrower, deeper fireboxes yielded considerably less grate and firebox heating surface area.

Three of the class were retired in 1925 (40, 42 in February and 44 in April) and 1930 (both in September). The 1925 engines went on to second careers for Drake Lumber Company, Sutton Brothers, and Donohoo Construction Company, respectively. The 1930 pair went straight to Walter-Wallingord Company for scrap.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class2840
Locobase ID6675 6676
RailroadFlorida East CoastFlorida East Coast
CountryUSAUSA
Whyte4-6-04-6-0
Number in Class125
Road Numbers28-3940-44
GaugeStdStd
Number Built125
BuilderSchenectadyBurnham, Williams & Co
Year18971902
Valve GearStephensonStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)14 / 4.2714 / 4.27
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)24.17 / 7.3724.17 / 7.37
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.58 0.58
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)95,000 / 43,091104,100 / 47,219
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)125,000 / 56,699134,100 / 60,827
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)104,950 / 47,605104,950 / 47,605
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)229,950 / 104,304239,050 / 108,432
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)5000 / 18.945000 / 18.94
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)2400 / 90842400 / 9084
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)53 / 26.5058 / 29
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)63 / 160063 / 1600
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)180 / 1240200 / 1380
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)18" x 24" / 457x61018" x 24" / 457x610
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)18,885 / 8566.1020,983 / 9517.74
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 5.03 4.96
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)237 - 2" / 51243 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)12.67 / 3.8612.67 / 3.86
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)155.50 / 14.45137.10 / 12.74
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)28.98 / 2.6916.90 / 1.57
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1760 / 163.571738 / 161.52
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1760 / 163.571738 / 161.52
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume248.94245.83
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation52163380
Same as above plus superheater percentage52163380
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area27,99027,420
Power L167837199
Power MT472.23457.38

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