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


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 3 (Locobase 12675)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works datacard as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Volume 25, p. 262. Works number was 22097 in May 1903.

Locobase can't seem to identify the purchaser, although it seems to have been a Georgia railroad that covered 22 mile. But when the LRR was abandoned, the engine was sold to the Chattahoochee Valley. Later, the 3 was sold to the locomotive rebuilder/reseller Georgia Car & Locomotive. After its reconditioning, the 3 was sold to Caroline Stone Company of Pageland, SC.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class3
Locobase ID12675
RailroadLafayette
CountryUSA
Whyte4-6-0
Number in Class1
Road Numbers3
GaugeStd
Number Built1
BuilderBurnham, Williams & Co
Year1903
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)10 / 3.05
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)20.15 / 6.14
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.50
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)91,000 / 41,277
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)64,000 / 29,030
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)155,000 / 70,307
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)39 / 19.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)50 / 1270
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)180 / 1240
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)15" x 24" / 381x610
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)16,524 / 7495.17
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.30
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)178 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)12.23 / 3.73
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)123.20 / 11.45
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)19.70 / 1.83
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1255 / 116.64
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1255 / 116.64
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume255.60
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation3546
Same as above plus superheater percentage3546
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area22,176
Power L15716
Power MT532.46

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