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Lancashire & Yorkshire steam railmotors

Hughes type

The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway operated a total of 20 steam railmotors which were of two different types. The first two vehicles were of a design that had been built by Kerr, Stuart & Co. for the Taff Vale Railway...

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Variant
Kerr, Stuart
Built 1905
Manufacturers Kerr, Stuart & Co.
Wheel arrangement DT4-1
Gauge 1435 mm
Length 17882 mm
Service mass 38127 kg
Top speed
Power
Engine

General

Property Lancashire & Yorkshire steam railmotors
Kerr, Stuart
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Built 1905
Manufacturers Kerr, Stuart & Co.
Wheel arrangement 2-2-0+4T
Gauge 1,435 mm

Dimensions and weights

Property Lancashire & Yorkshire steam railmotors
Kerr, Stuart
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Length 17.88 m
Service mass 38.1 t
Water capacity 2,502 l
Fuel capacity 0.5 t (coal)

Boiler

Property Lancashire & Yorkshire steam railmotors
Kerr, Stuart
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Evaporative heating surface 31.448 m²
Total heating surface 31.4 m²

Power plant

Property Lancashire & Yorkshire steam railmotors
Kerr, Stuart
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Driver diameter 864 mm
Boiler pressure 11 bar
Expansion type simple expansion
Cylinders two, 229 x 356 mm

Power

Property Lancashire & Yorkshire steam railmotors
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Power source steam
Estimated power 60 kW (82 PS)
Starting effort 20.2 kN

Calculated values

Property Lancashire & Yorkshire steam railmotors
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Optimal speed 18 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 1.6 kW/t
Tractive force/Heating surface 1 : 13.40
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