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


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 7 (Locobase 13554)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines, 1888, as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 53, p. 400. See Locobase 11649 for a summary of the Tuckerton's history. Works number was 45038 in January 1917.

When the Tuckerton closed in 1936, the Southern New Jersey attempted to revive train travel to the Jersey Shore. Less useful to that effort than other survivors, apparently, the 7 was scrapped in 1938.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class7
Locobase ID13554
RailroadTuckerton
CountryUSA
Whyte4-6-0
Number in Class1
Road Numbers7
GaugeStd
Number Built1
BuilderBaldwin
Year1917
Valve GearWalschaert
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)11.33 / 3.45
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)21.83 / 6.65
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.52
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)48.79 / 14.87
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)107,000 / 48,534
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)138,000 / 62,596
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)100,000 / 45,359
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)238,000 / 107,955
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)5000 / 18.94
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)7 / 6
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)59 / 29.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)62 / 1575
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)200 / 1380
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)19" x 26" / 483x660
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)25,736 / 11673.67
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.16
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)268 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)12.85 / 3.92
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)148 / 13.75
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)31.50 / 2.93
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1940 / 180.23
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1940 / 180.23
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume227.43
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation6300
Same as above plus superheater percentage6300
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area29,600
Power L16493
Power MT401.34

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