Union & Glenn Springs 4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler" Locomotives in the USA


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 1 (Locobase 12808)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 28, p. 58. Baldwin works numbers were 26294-26295 in August 1905.

Running 19 miles from Pride to Buffalo, South Carolina, the U & GS was built in 1899-1905 and went into receivership almost as soon as it opened. In 1922, the company changed its name to Buffalo Union-Carolina Railroad.

Its first two engines apparently were these two modestly scaled Ten-wheelers. At some point, the locomotives were fitted with slope-back tenders usually used in switching service.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class1
Locobase ID12808
RailroadUnion & Glenn Springs
CountryUSA
Whyte4-6-0
Number in Class2
Road Numbers1-2
GaugeStd
Number Built2
BuilderBurnham, Williams & Co
Year1905
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)11.33 / 3.45
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)21.58 / 6.58
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.53
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)90,000 / 40,823
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)116,000 / 52,617
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)60,000 / 27,216
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)176,000 / 79,833
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)3000 / 11.36
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)12 / 11
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)50 / 25
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)56 / 1422
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)180 / 12.40
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)18" x 24" / 457x610
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)21,245 / 9636.58
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.24
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)228 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)12.50 / 3.81
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)146 / 13.57
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)22.40 / 2.08
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1628 / 151.30
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1628 / 151.30
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume230.27
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation4032
Same as above plus superheater percentage4032
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area26,280
Power L15603
Power MT411.75

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