Friday, March 7, 2014

Friday Night Steam

We are off to New Zealand tonight! Check out all the work it takes just to get this engine started!





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JA 1271 with excursion consist climbing the Opapa incline
Specifications
Power type Steam
Builder NZR Hillside Workshops, Dunedin (35)
North British Locomotive Works, Glasgow, Scotland (16)
Build date 1946–1956
Configuration 4-8-2
Gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge
Wheel diameter 54 in (1.37 m)
Wheelbase 34 ft 10 in (10.6 m)
Length 66 ft 11.5 in (20.4 m)
Weight on drivers 44.45 long tons (45.16 t)
Locomotive weight 69.1 long tons (70.2 t)
Tender weight 40.35 long tons (41.00 t)
Locomotive and tender
combined weight
109.45 long tons (111.21 t)
Fuel type Coal (Hillside)
Oil (North British)
Fuel capacity 6.0 long tons (6.1 t) coal
1,350 imp gal (6,100 L) oil
Water capacity 4,000 imp gal (18,000 L)
Boiler pressure 200 psi (1,400 kPa)
Feedwater heater None: Fitted with Davies & Metcalfe Exhaust Injector
Firegrate area 39.0 square feet (3.6 m2)
Heating surface:
– Total
1,469 square feet (136.5 m2)
Superheater area 283 square feet (26.3 m2)
Cylinders Two
Cylinder size 18 in × 26 in (46 cm × 66 cm)
Top speed 70 mph (110 km/h)
Tractive effort 24,960 lbf (111.0 kN)
Career
Number in class 51
Number 1240 – 1274 (Hillside)
1275 – 1290 (North British)
Locale All of New Zealand
First run 1947 – 1956 (Hillside)
1952 (North British)
Last run 16 November 1971
Retired 1967–1971
Scrapped 1969–1972
Disposition 44 scrapped
7 preserved

2 comments :

  1. Great video. I watched it at YouTube and the comments were very good. Even one from a CSX engineer.
    I was wondering what he put in the smoke box through the stack at the start. Apparently it is some kind of air blower to keep smoke out of the cab when the fire is first lit. That is what I gathered from the comments anyway.
    And it was arrow gauge!

    Terry
    Fla.

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    1. Lots of work to get her going! I enjoy this type of video that shows the inner workings. NZ seems to be a beautiful country, too!

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