Rowland Lumber Company 4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler" Locomotives in the USA


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 5 (Locobase 14048)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Volume 45, p. 42. Works number was 33300 in March 1909.

This Ten-wheeler was required to negotiate 27-degree curves, which prompted the note: "Co. desires wheelbase as short as practicable without sacrificing steaming qualities."

Its delivery soon generated a note describing some shortcomings: "Engineer Alexander reported throttle lever too short, bill is small, side rods should have been solid ends. Injector has no squirt."

Possibly in pursuit of those "steaming qualities", the railroad converted the 5 from wood-burning to coal-burning soon after the engine arrived. Locobase suspects the Radley & Hunter cabbage stack was replaced as well.

When this Bowden, NC logging road closed in 1935, the 5 was sold to the Bucyrus Erie Company.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class5
Locobase ID14048
RailroadRowland Lumber Company
CountryUSA
Whyte4-6-0
Number in Class1
Road Numbers5
GaugeStd
Number Built1
BuilderBurnham, Williams & Co
Year1909
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)11.92 / 3.53
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)21.25 / 6.48
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.56
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)43.58
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)60,000 / 26,308
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)77,000 / 35,380
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)50,000 / 22,906
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)127,000 / 58,286
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)2500 / 9.47
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)44 / 1118
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)160 / 11
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)14" x 22" / 356x559
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)13,328 / 6045.49
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.50
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)144 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)11.08 / 3.38
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)93 / 8.64
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)14.20 / 1.32
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)915 / 85.01
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)915 / 85.01
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume233.42
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation2272
Same as above plus superheater percentage2272
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area14,880
Power L14131
Power MT455.36

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