SIX WHEEL COUPLED ENGINE -MEDITERRANEAN RAILWAY
The locomotive is one of the twenty five made by Messrs. G. Ansaldo & Co., Sampierdarena, for the Mediterranean Railway Company. They have cylinders 18 in. diameter and 26 in. stroke. The driving wheels are 5 ft. in diameter. The boilers are 4 ft. 6 in. diameter, and work at 150 lb. The grate is 1.816 m. in length (5 ft. 11 in.) and 0.996 m. in width (3 ft. 3 in.). The crown of the fire box is 3 ft. 6 in. above the grate, and the heating surface is 89 square feet. The grate area being 18.6 square feet. The tubes are 185 in number, 2 in. outside diameter, 13.6 ft. between tube plates, the tube heating surface being 1250 square, the total heating surface being 1339 square feet. The weight of the engine in working order is 38.5 tons, and 32.6 tons empty. The tractive power is given as 3.63 tons at 18.6 miles per hour. The tender weighs 25.8 tons full, 12.55 tons empty, and carries 316 cubic feet of water, or 1975 gallons, or. 8.8 tons of water.
