Georgia Pine 4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler" Locomotives in the USA


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 1 (Locobase 12239)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works datacard as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University. Works number was 15469 in August 1897.

The short-lived Georgia Pine Railway ordered this wood-burning Ten-wheeler as the first road engine. The GPR, whose founder, John P Williams of Savannah, gained its charter in 1895, built 29 miles (50 km) connecting Bainbridge with Damascus, Georgia to the north and extended the line further north to Arlington another 10 miles (16 km) away.

In 1901, the GPR became the Georgia, Florida & Alabama, which renumbered the 1 as 121 and took advantage of the engine's light weight to run it on the Quincy branch. The GF&A sold the 121 to the locomotive rebuilder/reseller Georgia Car & Locomotive.

GC&L sold the engine to Upchurch Lumber Company (of Jacksonville, Fla) in July 1911. Upchurch operated the #10 for eight years before selling it to another rebuilder/reseller Birmingham Rail & Locomotive in November 1919 and the BR&L flogged it off to Forest, Mississippi's Bienville Lumber as their #7.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class1
Locobase ID12239
RailroadGeorgia Pine (GF&A)
CountryUSA
Whyte4-6-0
Number in Class1
Road Numbers1/121
GaugeStd
Number Built1
BuilderBurnham, Williams & Co
Year1897
Valve GearStephenson
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)
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)60,000 / 27,216
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)80,000 / 36,287
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)62,000 / 28,123
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)142,000 / 64,410
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)3000 / 11.36
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)33 / 16.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)52 / 1321
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)160 / 1100
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)15" x 24" / 381x610
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)14,123 / 6406.09
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.25
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 / 86.80
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)934 / 86.80
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume190.22
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation2288
Same as above plus superheater percentage2288
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area12,672
Power L13756
Power MT414.03

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