Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Volume 39, p. 49. Works number was 37609 in March 1912.
Even among the 3-foot gauge engines, this was a pretty small Mogul. But then Wilson Lumber's logging road was both small and short. Begun in Mill Creek, West Virginia, the line ran up the Tygart River valley to reach the 9,000 acres of timber Wilson had purchased. Engine #5 was the sole rod-driven engine and provided scheduled passenger service over the 10 miles (16 km) of common-carrier track from Mill Creek to Old Fort and later to Valley Head. Twenty years after WLC cut its first log in the area in 1911, it felled its last log in November 1931. It's likely that the 5 was scrapped or abandoned as no record of a sale was found by researchers.
Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media | |
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| Class | 5 |
| Locobase ID | 13818 |
| Railroad | Valley River |
| Country | USA |
| Whyte | 2-6-0 |
| Number in Class | 1 |
| Road Numbers | 5 |
| Gauge | 3' |
| Number Built | 1 |
| Builder | Baldwin |
| Year | 1912 |
| Valve Gear | Stephenson |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 7.25 / 2.21 |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 13.92 / 4.24 |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 0.52 |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | 36.37 / 11.09 |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
| Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 41,500 / 18,824 |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 49,000 / 22,226 |
| Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | 36,000 / 16,329 |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | 85,000 / 38,555 |
| Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 1800 / 6.82 |
| Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | |
| Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 23 / 11.50 |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 33 / 838 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 180 / 12.40 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 12" x 16" / 305x406 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 10,682 / 4845.28 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 3.89 |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 92 - 2" / 51 |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 11.25 / 3.43 |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 42 / 3.90 |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 8.20 / 0.76 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 577 / 53.60 |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 577 / 53.60 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 276.08 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 1476 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 1476 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 7560 |
| Power L1 | 3728 |
| Power MT | 594.13 |