Kushequa 4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler" Locomotives in the USA


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class Theodore Roosevelt (Locobase 12679)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 22, p. 188. Works number was 22222 in May 1903.

One of many Pennsylvania short lines, the KRR ultimately connected Camp Halsey with Farmers Valley, which were 24 1/2 miles apart. It was not a well-founded line, apparently, as it was closed in 1906. At that point the engine went to work on the Mount Jewett, Kinzua & Ritterville, which crossed the abandoned KRR at Gaffney.

The TR was scrapped in 1930.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
ClassTheodore Roosevelt
Locobase ID12679
RailroadKushequa
CountryUSA
Whyte4-6-0
Number in Class1
Road Numbers13
GaugeStd
Number Built1
BuilderBurnham, Williams & Co
Year1903
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)13.83 / 4.22
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)24.06 / 7.33
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.57
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)86,000 / 39,009
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)111,000 / 50,349
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)62,000 / 28,123
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)173,000 / 78,472
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)48 / 24
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)56 / 1422
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)160 / 1100
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)18" x 24" / 457x610
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)18,885 / 8566.10
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.55
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)230 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)12.33 / 3.76
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)125 / 11.62
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)20.80 / 1.93
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1600 / 148.70
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1600 / 148.70
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume226.31
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation3328
Same as above plus superheater percentage3328
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area20,000
Power L14700
Power MT361.46

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