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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/3
Built 1894-1899
Manufacturers Sharp, Stewart & Co.;Beyer, Peacock & Co.
Wheel arrangement 2B
Gauge 1435 mm
Length 16091 mm
Service mass 50701 kg
Top speed
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General

Property Midland & Great Northern Joint class C
C/3
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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
C/3
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Length 16.09 m
Wheelbase 13.21 m
Service mass 50.7 t
Adhesion mass 33.7 t
Total mass 84 t
Axle load 17.3 t
Water capacity 13,423 l
Fuel capacity 3 t (coal)

Boiler

Property Midland & Great Northern Joint class C
C/3
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Grate area 1.951 m²
Firebox surface 11.799 m²
Tube heating surface 116.779 m²
Evaporative heating surface 128.578 m²
Total heating surface 128.6 m²

Power plant

Property Midland & Great Northern Joint class C
C/3
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Driver diameter 1,994 mm
Boiler pressure 12.1 bar
Expansion type simple expansion
Cylinders two, 470 x 660 mm

Power

Property Midland & Great Northern Joint class C
C/3
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Power source steam
Estimated power 559 kW (760 PS)
Starting effort 75.0 kN

Calculated values

Property Midland & Great Northern Joint class C
C/3
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Factor of adhesion 1 : 4.41
Optimal speed 45 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 11.0 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent 187.6 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE 1 : 1,221.15
Adhesive weight/Total 1 : 1.50
Tractive force/Heating surface 1 : 12.18
Grate area/Heating surface 1 : 65.90
Firebox/Tube surface 1 : 9.90
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