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Tasmanian Government classes M and MA

M5 at the Tasmanian Transport Museum

The second class of locomotives of the Tasmanian Government Railways which carried the letter M was a Pacific introduced in 1951. This letter had previously been used by a Garratt, the last of which had been withdrawn...

Tasmanian Government classes M and MARemove
Variant
rebuilt MA
Built 1958-1959
Manufacturers Inveresk
Wheel arrangement 2C1
Gauge 1067 mm
Length 18053 mm
Service mass 54867 kg
Top speed
Power
Engine

General

Property Tasmanian Government classes M and MA
rebuilt MA
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Built 1958-1959
Manufacturers Inveresk
Wheel arrangement 4-6-2 (Pacific)
Gauge 1,067 mm

Dimensions and weights

Property Tasmanian Government classes M and MA
rebuilt MA
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Length 18.05 m
Wheelbase 8.51 m
Total wheelbase 15.71 m
Service mass 54.9 t
Adhesion mass 31.8 t
Total mass 96.1 t
Rigid wheelbase 3.20 m
Axle load 10.7 t
Water capacity 18,185 l
Fuel capacity 6.1 t (coal)

Boiler

Property Tasmanian Government classes M and MA
rebuilt MA
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Grate area 2.146 m²
Firebox surface 12.681 m²
Tube heating surface 90.348 m²
Evaporative heating surface 103.03 m²
Superheater surface 24.619 m²
Total heating surface 127.6 m²

Power plant

Property Tasmanian Government classes M and MA
rebuilt MA
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Driver diameter 1,219 mm
Boiler pressure 12.8 bar
Expansion type simple expansion
Cylinders two, 406 x 610 mm

Power

Property Tasmanian Government classes M and MA
rebuilt MA
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Power source steam
Estimated power 690 kW (938 PS)
Starting effort 89.5 kN

Calculated values

Property Tasmanian Government classes M and MA
rebuilt MA
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Factor of adhesion 1 : 3.48
Optimal speed 47 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 12.6 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent 215.7 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE 1 : 733.29
Adhesive weight/Total 1 : 1.73
Tractive force/Heating surface 1 : 14.65
Grate area/Heating surface 1 : 59.48
Firebox/Tube surface 1 : 7.12
Total/Superheater 1 : 4.18
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