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Midland & Great Northern Joint class C

No. 55 after the rebuild with a larger boiler with round-topped firebox

The Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway, which opened in 1893, initially used different types of locomotives, either from the Midland or the Great Northern. The class C was introduced in 1894 by Samuel Waite Johnso...

Midland & Great Northern Joint class CRemove
Variant
C/1
Built 1894-1899
Manufacturers Sharp, Stewart & Co.;Beyer, Peacock & Co.
Wheel arrangement 2B
Gauge 1435 mm
Length 16091 mm
Service mass 43588 kg
Top speed
Power
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General

Property Midland & Great Northern Joint class C
C/1
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Built 1894-1899
Manufacturers Sharp, Stewart & Co., Beyer, Peacock & Co.
Wheel arrangement 4-4-0 (American)
Gauge 1,435 mm

Dimensions and weights

Property Midland & Great Northern Joint class C
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Length 16.09 m
Wheelbase 13.21 m
Service mass 43.6 t
Adhesion mass 28.7 t
Total mass 76.9 t
Axle load 16.1 t
Water capacity 13,423 l
Fuel capacity 3 t (coal)

Boiler

Property Midland & Great Northern Joint class C
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Grate area 1.626 m²
Firebox surface 10.219 m²
Tube heating surface 89.93 m²
Evaporative heating surface 100.15 m²
Total heating surface 100.2 m²

Power plant

Property Midland & Great Northern Joint class C
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Driver diameter 1,994 mm
Boiler pressure 11 bar
Expansion type simple expansion
Cylinders two, 470 x 660 mm

Power

Property Midland & Great Northern Joint class C
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Power source steam
Estimated power 410 kW (557 PS)
Starting effort 68.6 kN

Calculated values

Property Midland & Great Northern Joint class C
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Factor of adhesion 1 : 4.11
Optimal speed 37 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 9.4 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent 151.2 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE 1 : 1,514.47
Adhesive weight/Total 1 : 1.52
Tractive force/Heating surface 1 : 14.30
Grate area/Heating surface 1 : 61.59
Firebox/Tube surface 1 : 8.80
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