Bulow Mines 0-4-2 Locomotives in the USA


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class Bolton (Locobase 15035)

Data from Roy V Wright (Ed.) 1912 Locomotive Cyclopedia of American Practice, Sixth Edition (New York: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Company, 1912), p. 157. Works numbers were 2121 in January 1900 and 3603 in August 1906.

Owned by Peter B and Robert S Bradley, the Bulow phosphate mines were located on the Rantowles Creek south of Charleston in South Carolina. (The creek emptied into the Stono River, which gained notoriety in the mid-18th Century for being the site of the first significant slave rebellion in England's North American colonies.)

This little saddle tank ran on the railroad that began on the east bank of Rantowles Creek and ran up to Bear Swamp Road.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

ClassBolton
Locobase ID15035
RailroadBulow Mines
CountryUSA
Whyte0-4-2ST
Number in Class2
Road Numbers1-2
Gauge3'
Number Built2
BuilderPorter
Year1900
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 4.50 / 1.37
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)12.25 / 3.73
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.37
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)12.25 / 3.73
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)26,000 / 11,793
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)33,000 / 14,969
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)33,000
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)500 / 1.89
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) 0.35
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)22 / 11
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)30 / 762
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)165 / 11.40
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)9" x 14" / 229x356
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)5301 / 2404.50
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.90
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)67 - 1.75" / 44
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)8 / 2.44
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)35.80 / 3.33
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 9.20 / 0.85
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)279 / 25.92
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)279 / 25.92
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume270.87
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation1518
Same as above plus superheater percentage1518
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area5907
Power L13668
Power MT622.04

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