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Wheeling & Lake Erie class B-5
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United States | 1929
36 produced
No. 3978 at Brewster, Ohio in September 1949
No. 3978 at Brewster, Ohio in September 1949
James C. Hippen/Taylor Rush collection.

The class B-5 of the Wheeling & Lake Erie was a copy of the USRA 0-6-0 switcher. Between 1929 and 1944, the railroad's own Brewster shops built a total of 36 which were more modern than the original USRA design. New features were roller bearings on all axles and inside bearing tender trucks. The firebox now included 30 square feet of thermic syphons. These locomotives carried the numbers 3951 to 3986 and had slightly varying dimensions and weights depending on the batch. They were retired between 1952 and 1957 and all but two were scrapped which can today be found in Ohio. No. 3960 belongs to the Age of Steam Roundhouse in Sugarcreek and No. 3984 to the Lorain & West Virginia Railway in Wellington.

General
Built1929-1944
ManufacturerBrewster
Wheel arr.0-6-0 (Six-coupled) 
Gauge4 ft 8 1/2 in (Standard gauge)
Dimensions and Weights
Length66 ft 8 5/8
Wheelbase11 ft
Rigid wheelbase11 ft
Total wheelbase49 ft 9 1/2 in
Empty weight152,350 lbs
Service weight167,850 lbs
Adhesive weight167,850 lbs
Total weight331,060 lbs
Axle load56,690 lbs
Water capacity8,550 us gal
Fuel capacity28,000 lbs (coal)
Boiler
Grate area33 sq ft
Firebox area160 sq ft
Tube heating area1,893 sq ft
Evaporative heating area2,053 sq ft
Superheater area409 sq ft
Total heating area2,462 sq ft
Power Plant
Driver diameter51 in
Boiler pressure200 psi
Expansion typesimple
Cylinderstwo, 21 x 28 in
Power
Power sourcesteam
Estimated power1,300 hp (969 kW)
Starting effort41,160 lbf
Calculated Values
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