Banner
Navigation

Navigation

loco-info.com
The reference for locomotives and railcars

Compare locomotives

Add a locomotive

Eastern Counties No. 51 to 67

No. 55

Between 1845 and 1847, the Eastern Counties Railway received a total of 17 express locomotives of the 2-2-2 wheel arrangement, which were numbered 51 to 67. They can be divided into two batches, both of which had a dr...

Eastern Counties No. 51 to 67Remove
Variant
61-67 rebuilt
Built 1846-1847
Manufacturers Stothert, Slaughter & Co.
Wheel arrangement 1A1
Gauge 1435 mm
Length
Service mass 25058 kg
Top speed
Power
Engine

General

Property Eastern Counties No. 51 to 67
61-67 rebuilt
Remove
Built 1846-1847
Manufacturers Stothert, Slaughter & Co.
Wheel arrangement 2-2-2 (Jenny Lind)
Gauge 1,435 mm

Dimensions and weights

Property Eastern Counties No. 51 to 67
61-67 rebuilt
Remove
Wheelbase 4.50 m
Service mass 25.1 t
Adhesion mass 8.9 t
Rigid wheelbase 4.50 m
Axle load 10.1 t
Water capacity 6,136 l

Boiler

Property Eastern Counties No. 51 to 67
61-67 rebuilt
Remove
Grate area 1.226 m²
Firebox surface 6.828 m²
Tube heating surface 75.212 m²
Evaporative heating surface 82.04 m²
Total heating surface 82.0 m²

Power plant

Property Eastern Counties No. 51 to 67
61-67 rebuilt
Remove
Driver diameter 1,829 mm
Boiler pressure 8.3 bar
Expansion type simple expansion
Cylinders two, 381 x 559 mm

Power

Property Eastern Counties No. 51 to 67
61-67 rebuilt
Remove
Power source steam
Estimated power 127 kW (173 PS)
Starting effort 31.2 kN

Calculated values

Property Eastern Counties No. 51 to 67
61-67 rebuilt
Remove
Factor of adhesion 1 : 2.79
Optimal speed 24 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 5.1 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent 116.2 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE 1 : 1,096.72
Adhesive weight/Total 1 : 2.83
Tractive force/Heating surface 1 : 7.94
Grate area/Heating surface 1 : 66.92
Firebox/Tube surface 1 : 11.02
Auf Deutsch umschalten

Settings

Your settings are retained for this browser session only.

Consent to cookies

We use cookies to save your display settings. If you decline, the settings are retained only for the current browser session.