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South Indian class M

Chief engineer Robert White had five ten-wheelers built for mail traffic on the meter-gauge lines of the South Indian, including those leading to Ceylon. These used the BESA standard design and came from Hawthorn, Les...

South Indian class MRemove
Variant Standard
Built 1913
Manufacturers Hawthorn, Leslie & Co.
Wheel arrangement 2C
Gauge 1000 mm
Length
Service mass 35871 kg
Top speed
Power
Engine

General

Property South Indian class M
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Built 1913
Manufacturers Hawthorn, Leslie & Co.
Wheel arrangement 4-6-0 (Ten-wheeler)
Gauge 1,000 mm

Dimensions and weights

Property South Indian class M
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Wheelbase 6.44 m
Total wheelbase 12.85 m
Service mass 35.9 t
Adhesion mass 27.4 t
Total mass 60.9 t
Rigid wheelbase 3.66 m
Axle load 9.1 t
Water capacity 9,093 l
Fuel capacity 5.6 t (coal)

Boiler

Property South Indian class M
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Grate area 1.486 m²
Firebox surface 10.034 m²
Tube heating surface 66.018 m²
Evaporative heating surface 76.051 m²
Superheater surface 18.079 m²
Total heating surface 94.1 m²

Power plant

Property South Indian class M
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Driver diameter 1,448 mm
Boiler pressure 11.7 bar
Expansion type simple expansion
Cylinders two, 419 x 559 mm

Power

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Power source steam
Estimated power 522 kW (710 PS)
Starting effort 67.5 kN

Calculated values

Property South Indian class M
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Factor of adhesion 1 : 3.98
Optimal speed 47 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 14.6 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent 162.4 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE 1 : 949.47
Adhesive weight/Total 1 : 1.31
Tractive force/Heating surface 1 : 14.99
Grate area/Heating surface 1 : 63.34
Firebox/Tube surface 1 : 6.58
Total/Superheater 1 : 4.21
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