Alexander & Rich Mountain 2-6-0 "Mogul" Locomotives in the USA


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class Charles Lockhart (Locobase 11987)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 17, p. 64 . Works number was 11996 in June 1891.

The Charles Lockhart started on the A&RM, where the rail weighed 35-lb/yard (17.5 kg/metre). By that time the line had 15 miles (24.2 km) of road.

The 1 wound up on several logging roads beginning with Wilson & Wood, moving on to Albemarle Timber Company, then to Tunis Lumber. Nothing is known of its post-1913 activities.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

ClassCharles Lockhart
Locobase ID11987
RailroadAlexander & Rich Mountain
CountryUSA
Whyte2-6-0
Number in Class1
Road Numbers1
Gauge3'
Number Built1
BuilderBurnham, Williams & Co
Year1891
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 8.33 / 2.54
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)14.33 / 4.37
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.58
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)30,000 / 13,608
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)36,000 / 16,329
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)1200 / 4.55
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)17 / 8.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)38 / 965
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)130 / 9
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)11" x 16" / 279x406
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)5630 / 2553.73
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 5.33
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)86 - 1.75" / 44
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) 8.08 / 2.46
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)37 / 3.44
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 8.50 / 0.79
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)352 / 32.71
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)352 / 32.71
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume200
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation1105
Same as above plus superheater percentage1105
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area4810
Power L12512
Power MT553.80

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