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Worth Brothers Co. No. 8 to 14

United States 1916 7 produced
Railway and Locomotive Engineering, April 1916

In 1915, steel producer Worth Brothers of Coatesville, Pennsylvania ordered switchers from Baldwin. These had to fit tight clearances, with a height limit of 7 feet and 9 inches (2,362 mm) and a width limit of 6 feet and 8 inches (2,032 mm). To achieve this, they had small drivers of only 33 inches and a cab mounted low behind the firebox. To fit the largest possible water tanks, these were of rectangular section and filled the loading gauge to the maximum. In the result, water capacity was 800 gallons and coal capacity was 700 pounds. They had outside cylinders and outside Stephenson link motion.

With cylinders of 14 by 16 inches, they produced a starting tractive effort of roughly 13,300 pounds. The first three were delivered in January of 1916 with the works numbers 42777 to 42779. The next two followed in November of the same year with the numbers 44452 and 44453. A final batch of two was delivered in April of 1917 with the numbers 45532 and 45533. Now they made up a total of seven, which were numbered 8 to 14 by their operator.

Technical data

General

Built
1916-1917
Manufacturers
Baldwin
Wheel arrangement
0-4-0T (Four-coupled)
Gauge
762 mm (Two feet six inch)

Dimensions and weights

Wheelbase
1.68 m
Total wheelbase
1.68 m
Service mass
26.1 t
Water capacity
3,028 l
Fuel capacity
0.3 t (coal)

Boiler

Grate area
0.938 m²
Firebox surface
4.645 m²
Tube heating surface
49.053 m²
Evaporative heating surface
53.698 m²
Total heating surface
53.7 m²

Power plant

Driver diameter
838 mm
Boiler pressure
11.4 bar
Expansion type
simple expansion
Cylinders
two, 356 x 406 mm

Power

Power source
steam
Estimated power
186 kW (253 PS)
Starting effort
59.3 kN

Calculated values

Optimal speed
19 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio
7.1 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent
76.9 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE
1 : 1,049.40
Tractive force/Heating surface
1 : 23.06
Grate area/Heating surface
1 : 57.25
Firebox/Tube surface
1 : 10.56
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