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Hejaz Railway No. 21 to 23

Ottoman Empire 1951 3 produced
No. 23 in 1980 at Amman flickr/Historical Railway Images

In 1951, Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns built three oil-fired Mikados for the Jordanian part of the Hejaz Railway. Their works numbers were 7431 to 7433 and the railway gave them the numbers 21 to 23. They were based on the Indian class YD, but were built for the gauge of 1,050 mm. The boiler had a Belpaire firebox and a Melesco superheater. Like the YD, they had cylinders of 17 by 24 inches, drivers of four feet and a boiler pressure of 180 psi, resulting in a starting tractive effort of 22,108 pounds. The line they operated on had inclines of two percent and curves with a radius of 100 metres. There they hauled trains between 200 and 350 tons at a maximum speed of 60 to 65 km/h (around 40 mph). 

Technical data

General

Built
1951
Manufacturers
Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns
Wheel arrangement
2-8-2 (Mikado)
Gauge
1,049 mm

Dimensions and weights

Length
18.64 m
Wheelbase
9.79 m
Total wheelbase
15.82 m
Service mass
56.5 t
Adhesion mass
37.9 t
Total mass
96.8 t
Rigid wheelbase
4.09 m
Axle load
11.6 t
Water capacity
13,639 l
Fuel capacity
7,503 l (oil)

Boiler

Grate area
2.415 m²
Firebox surface
12.356 m²
Tube heating surface
115.943 m²
Evaporative heating surface
128.299 m²
Superheater surface
28.614 m²
Total heating surface
156.9 m²

Power plant

Driver diameter
1,219 mm
Boiler pressure
12.4 bar
Expansion type
simple expansion
Cylinders
two, 432 x 610 mm

Power

Power source
steam
Estimated power
820 kW (1,115 PS)
Starting effort
98.3 kN

Calculated values

Factor of adhesion
1 : 3.78
Optimal speed
51 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio
14.5 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent
247.3 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE
1 : 721.93
Adhesive weight/Total
1 : 1.49
Tractive force/Heating surface
1 : 13.09
Grate area/Heating surface
1 : 64.97
Firebox/Tube surface
1 : 9.38
Total/Superheater
1 : 4.48
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