Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Volume 26, p. 238. Works number was 23848 in February 1904.
The Tallulah Falls straddled the border between Georgia and North Carolina, connecting Cornelia, Georgia on the Southern Railway with Franklin 58 miles (93.4 km) due north in western North Carolina. Cary Franklin Poole, in his History of Railroading in Western North Carolina, observes: "Few railroads embodied the soul of mountain railroading as did the Tallulah Falls Railway. The railroad ...was seldom out of debt but was much beloved by the country folk it served." (p. 47).
Despite its occasional nickname of "Total Failure", the TF was in fact a long-lived railroad in terrain so rugged and remote that it maintained a passenger schedule until 1946. Its last freight run came in 1961.
| Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | 3 |
| Locobase ID | 11503 |
| Railroad | Tallulah Falls |
| Country | USA |
| Whyte | 4-6-0 |
| Number in Class | 1 |
| Road Numbers | 3 / 73 |
| Gauge | Std |
| Number Built | 1 |
| Builder | Burnham, Williams & Co |
| Year | 1904 |
| Valve Gear | Stephenson |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 11 / 3.35 |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 21.25 / 6.48 |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 0.52 |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | 47 / 14.33 |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
| Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 79,500 / 36,061 |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 103,000 / 46,720 |
| Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | 90,000 / 40,823 |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | 193,000 / 87,543 |
| Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 4500 / 17.05 |
| Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | |
| Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 44 / 22 |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 56 / 1422 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 170 / 1170 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 17" x 24" / 432x610 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 17,897 / 8117.95 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 4.44 |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 190 - 2" / 51 |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 12.75 / 3.89 |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 111.10 / 10.33 |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 19.70 / 1.83 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1371 / 127.42 |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1371 / 127.42 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 217.27 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 3349 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 3349 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 18,887 |
| Power L1 | 4844 |
| Power MT | 402.99 |