Waccamaw Lumber Company 4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler" Locomotives in the USA


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 2 (Locobase 13446)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Volume 32, p.99. See also Gwen Causey, "Brunswick/Columbus Connections: some things the two counties share," Brunswick County Historical Society at [] . Works number was 33303 in March 1909.

Waccamaw Lumber set up in business in 1907 in Bolton, NC (about 25 miles/40.3 km west of Wilmington) as one of the largest mill operations in North Carolina. At the time, they were reported to have 210,000 acres (328 sq miles/850 sq km) of timber available to harvest. According to the BCHS, "The woods operation was unique. The company built a main, standard gauge railroad from Bolton to Makatoka [an 8-mile distance]. Spur roads extended on either side into the various tracts as they were cut. The company built camps at Makatoka, and many of the woods crew stayed there."

The railway was built on the standard gauge with light rail of 45 lb/yard (22.5 kg/metre). By 1928, the railroad had 25 mile of logging road as well.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class2
Locobase ID13446
RailroadWaccamaw Lumber Company
CountryUSA
Whyte4-6-0
Number in Class1
Road Numbers2
GaugeStd
Number Built1
BuilderBaldwin
Year1909
Valve GearWalschaert
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)11 / 3.35
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)21.25 / 6.48
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.52
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)45.92 / 14
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)82,850 / 37,580
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)102,650 / 46,561
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)60,000 / 27,216
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)162,650 / 73,777
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)3000 / 11.36
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)46 / 23
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)44 / 1118
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)160 / 11
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)16" x 24" / 406x610
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)18,991 / 8614.18
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.36
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)190 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)12.75 / 3.89
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)120 / 11.15
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)19.70 / 1.83
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1380 / 128.21
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1380 / 128.21
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume246.87
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation3152
Same as above plus superheater percentage3152
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area19,200
Power L14156
Power MT331.77

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