Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia 4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler" Locomotives in the USA


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 8 (Locobase 14346)

Data from DeGolyer, Vol 53, pp. 367-368. See also the WikiProject ICC Valuations entry for the TAG at [],_Alabama_and_Georgia_Railroad. About North Georgia Works numbers were 43571-43572 in June 1916.

See Locobase 12899 for a brief summary of the TAG Route from its opening as the Chattanooga Southern. The north Georgia short line was headquartered in Alton Park, Tenn. It had opened a 2.6 mile branch to Coe in 1903, but by the time these locomotives were delivered, both the Coe Branch and the shorter Hillside branch had been closed. This left 91.04 miles of track, of which 86.16 miles (138.7 km) linked the Tennessee-Georgia state line with Gadsden, Ala.

If the #8 had a career after its service on the TAG, Locobase hasn't unearthed it. The TAG sold the 9 to locomotive rebuilder/reseller Birmingham Rail & Locomotive, which sold it to in February 1923 to the Mississippi Eastern. The ME operated the 9 for eleven years before selling it to the Okolona, Houston & Calhoun City of Houston, Miss in 1934. The OH&CC sent it onto Cornell Young, which sold it in 1940 to Buffalo Union Carolina.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class8
Locobase ID14346
RailroadTennessee, Alabama & Georgia (TAG)
CountryUSA
Whyte4-6-0
Number in Class2
Road Numbers8-9
GaugeStd
Number Built2
BuilderBaldwin
Year1916
Valve GearWalschaert
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)14 / 4.27
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)24.33 / 7.42
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.58
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)52.58 / 16.03
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)103,500 / 46,947
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)134,500 / 61,008
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)90,000 / 40,823
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)224,500 / 101,831
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)4500 / 17.05
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)10 / 9
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)58 / 29
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)54 / 1372
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)180 / 12.40
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)18" x 24" / 457x610
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)22,032 / 9993.56
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.70
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)244 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)14.08 / 4.29
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)150 / 13.94
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)31.70 / 2.95
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1938 / 180.04
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1938 / 180.04
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume274.12
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation5706
Same as above plus superheater percentage5706
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area27,000
Power L16159
Power MT393.57

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