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Queensland Railways class B13

originally class F

Australia 1883 112 produced
State Library of Queensland

Between 1883 and 1895, Dübs, Kitson and Phoenix Foundry built 112 4-6-0 locomotives for Queensland Railways. They were designated class F and renamed to B13 in 1890. They had drivers with a diameter of only three feet and three inches and the axle load was seven tons. There were two variants, one with a narrow and deep firebox and the other with a wide firebox. Some were fired with wood.

In the early 1900s they were rebuilt with new boilers which had a higher pressure. Since the locomotives with a deep firebox performed better, the new boilers were only built with this type of firebox. Between 1913 and 1918, six were sold to the Commonwealth Railways and became class NG. The QR withdrew a large number in the late twenties. Many of these were sold to small operators. The last locomotive in QR service was withdrawn in 1954. The last two were operated by the Bingera Sugar Mill until 1969. Three have been preserved.

Technical data

General

Property deep firebox wide firebox
Built 1883-1895
Manufacturers Dübs & Co., Kitson & Co., Phoenix Foundry
Wheel arrangement 4-6-0 (Ten-wheeler)
Gauge 1,067 mm (Cape gauge)

Dimensions and weights

Property deep firebox wide firebox
Length 11.66 m
Service mass 28.3 t 27.7 t
Adhesion mass 21.1 t 20.6 t
Total mass 5.1 t 50.5 t
Axle load 7.1 t
Water capacity 6,363 l
Fuel capacity 4.1 t (coal)

Boiler

Property deep firebox wide firebox
Grate area 1.045 m² 1.742 m²
Firebox surface 5.76 m²
Tube heating surface 60.759 m² 53.977 m²
Evaporative heating surface 66.519 m² 59.737 m²
Total heating surface 66.5 m² 59.7 m²

Power plant

Property deep firebox wide firebox
Driver diameter 991 mm
Boiler pressure 9.7 bar
Expansion type simple expansion
Cylinders two, 330 x 508 mm

Power

Property deep firebox wide firebox
Power source steam
Estimated power 149 kW (203 PS)
Starting effort 45.9 kN

Calculated values

Property deep firebox wide firebox
Factor of adhesion 1 : 4.51 1 : 4.41
Optimal speed 19 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 5.3 kW/t 5.4 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent 95.3 m² 88.5 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE 1 : 912.76 1 : 982.68
Adhesive weight/Total 1 : 1.34
Tractive force/Heating surface 1 : 14.40 1 : 16.04
Grate area/Heating surface 1 : 63.65 1 : 34.29
Firebox/Tube surface 1 : 10.55 1 : 9.37
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