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Nippon Tetsudō Bbt2/5

In 1897 Baldwin delivered 24 Atlantic-type locomotives to the Nippon Tetsudo, remaining the only Japanese locomotives of this wheel arrangement. In design terms, they followed a typical American Atlantic pattern, but ...

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Built 1897
Manufacturers Baldwin
Wheel arrangement 2B1
Gauge 1067 mm
Length 16294 mm
Service mass 45804 kg
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General

Property Nippon Tetsudō Bbt2/5
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Built 1897
Manufacturers Baldwin
Wheel arrangement 4-4-2 (Atlantic)
Gauge 1,067 mm

Dimensions and weights

Property Nippon Tetsudō Bbt2/5
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Length 16.29 m
Wheelbase 6.86 m
Total wheelbase 14.01 m
Service mass 45.8 t
Adhesion mass 23.6 t
Total mass 73 t
Rigid wheelbase 1.83 m
Axle load 13.8 t
Water capacity 11,356 l
Fuel capacity 5.4 t (coal)

Boiler

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Grate area 2.787 m²
Firebox surface 9.118 m²
Tube heating surface 135.81 m²
Evaporative heating surface 144.929 m²
Total heating surface 144.9 m²

Power plant

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Driver diameter 1,422 mm
Boiler pressure 12.4 bar
Expansion type simple expansion
Cylinders two, 406 x 559 mm

Power

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Power source steam
Estimated power 597 kW (812 PS)
Starting effort 68.4 kN

Calculated values

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Factor of adhesion 1 : 3.38
Optimal speed 53 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 13.0 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent 190.5 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE 1 : 760.94
Adhesive weight/Total 1 : 1.94
Tractive force/Heating surface 1 : 9.86
Grate area/Heating surface 1 : 52.00
Firebox/Tube surface 1 : 14.89
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