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Nilgiri Mountain Railway class X

Indian-built “Nilgiri Queen” taking water

The Nilgiri Mountain Railway in Southern India had 17 miles of adhesion track and 12 miles equipped with a rack rail of the Abt system. As they needed more powerful locomotives, they ordered the first six X class 0-8-...

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Variant Standard
Built 1914-1925, 1952, 2011-2022
Manufacturers SLM;Golden Rock
Wheel arrangement D1 zt
Gauge 1000 mm
Length 10350 mm
Service mass 48950 kg
Top speed
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General

Property Nilgiri Mountain Railway class X
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Built 1914-1925, 1952, 2011-2022
Manufacturers SLM, Golden Rock
Wheel arrangement 0-8-2RT (River Irt)
Gauge 1,000 mm

Dimensions and weights

Property Nilgiri Mountain Railway class X
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Length 10.35 m
Wheelbase 6.03 m
Empty mass 38.3 t
Service mass 49 t
Rigid wheelbase 3.08 m
Water capacity 4,600 l
Fuel capacity 3.1 t (coal)

Boiler

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Grate area 1.8 m²
Firebox surface 7.7 m²
Tube heating surface 73.7 m²
Evaporative heating surface 81.4 m²
Superheater surface 22.6 m²
Total heating surface 104.0 m²

Power plant

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Driver diameter 815 mm
Boiler pressure 14 bar
Expansion type compound
Cylinders four, HP: 450 x 430 mm and LP: 450 x 410 mm

Power

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Power source steam
Estimated power 500 kW (680 PS)
Starting effort 190.0 kN
Starting effort simple 228.0 kN

Calculated values

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Optimal speed 24 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 10.2 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent 165.1 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE 1 : 1,223.41
Tractive force/Heating surface 1 : 38.16
Grate area/Heating surface 1 : 57.78
Firebox/Tube surface 1 : 9.57
Total/Superheater 1 : 3.60
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