Federated Malay States class H
Malayan State Railway class 501
Malaysia 1906 60 produced
The class H of the Federated Malay States Railway refers to a total of 60 light, meter-gauge Pacifics. The first seven were built by Kitson from November 1906. Others followed from Nasmyth, Wilson & Co., six of which went to the Johore State Railway. While the latter were also handed over to the FMSR, further series were created by Kitson and Robert Stephenson.
Since the later deliveries were somewhat heavier due to stronger frames and had further differences in details, the three series were subsequently named H1, H2 and H3. The H1 were withdrawn between 1929 and 1934. Of the newer machines, many were classified as class 501 by the Malayan Railways in 1946.
Technical data
General
- Built
- 1906-1913
- Manufacturers
- Kitson & Co., Nasmyth, Wilson & Co., Robert Stephenson & Co.
- Wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2 (Pacific)
- Gauge
- 1,000 mm (Meter gauge)
Dimensions and weights
- Wheelbase
- 7.65 m
- Total wheelbase
- 14.64 m
- Service mass
- 48.3 t
- Adhesion mass
- 30.5 t
- Total mass
- 78.1 t
- Rigid wheelbase
- 2.87 m
- Axle load
- 10.2 t
- Water capacity
- 9,093 l
Boiler
- Grate area
- 1.719 m²
- Firebox surface
- 7.665 m²
- Tube heating surface
- 107.071 m²
- Evaporative heating surface
- 114.735 m²
- Total heating surface
- 114.7 m²
Power plant
- Driver diameter
- 1,372 mm
- Boiler pressure
- 12.4 bar
- Expansion type
- simple expansion
- Cylinders
- two, 394 x 533 mm
Power
- Power source
- steam
- Estimated power
- 410 kW (557 PS)
- Starting effort
- 63.6 kN
Calculated values
- Factor of adhesion
- 1 : 4.70
- Optimal speed
- 40 km/h
- Power-to-weight ratio
- 8.5 kW/t
- Heating Surface Equivalent
- 153.1 m²
- Cylinder volume/HSE
- 1 : 848.48
- Adhesive weight/Total
- 1 : 1.58
- Tractive force/Heating surface
- 1 : 11.57
- Grate area/Heating surface
- 1 : 66.75
- Firebox/Tube surface
- 1 : 13.97