Cambrian Railways No. 2 “Ruthin”
Great Britain 1860 1 produced
One of the locomotives ordered by Thomas Savin for the construction of the Cambrian Railways network was No. 2 “Ruthin”. Delivered in 1860 by Manning, Wardle & Co., it was actually the railway's third locomotive after No. 3 “Milford” that had already been delivered by Sharp, Stewart & Co. in 1859. Designed for subsequent goods traffic, it had only two coupled axles and no leading or trailing axles. The driving wheels had a diameter of four feet and the cylinders measured 14 by 18 inches. It was withdrawn and scrapped in 1873.
Technical data
General
- Built
- 1860
- Manufacturers
- Manning, Wardle & Co.
- Wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0 (Four-coupled)
- Gauge
- 1,435 mm (Standard gauge)
Dimensions and weights
- Wheelbase
- 2.13 m
- Rigid wheelbase
- 2.13 m
- Water capacity
- 3,411 l
Boiler
- Grate area
- 0.79 m²
- Firebox surface
- 4.645 m²
- Tube heating surface
- 53.419 m²
- Evaporative heating surface
- 58.064 m²
- Total heating surface
- 58.1 m²
Power plant
- Driver diameter
- 1,219 mm
- Boiler pressure
- 8.3 bar
- Expansion type
- simple expansion
- Cylinders
- two, 356 x 457 mm
Power
- Power source
- steam
- Estimated power
- 130 kW (177 PS)
- Starting effort
- 33.3 kN
Calculated values
- Optimal speed
- 24 km/h
- Heating Surface Equivalent
- 81.3 m²
- Cylinder volume/HSE
- 1 : 1,117.17
- Tractive force/Heating surface
- 1 : 12.00
- Grate area/Heating surface
- 1 : 73.50
- Firebox/Tube surface
- 1 : 11.50
