Designed for 2-ft 6-in. gage Sierra Leone Government Railway with max axle load of five tons, locomotives have tractive effort of 22,990 lb at 85% boiler pressure and weigh in working order 66.3 tons, when loaded with four tons of coal and 1600 gal of water; length over buffers 63 ft 7 1/2 in.; couple wheel diam 2 ft 9 in.


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    Title :

    Beyer-Garratt locomotives for Sierra Leone


    Additional title:

    Ry Gaz


    Published in:

    Railway Gazette ; 104 , n 15


    Publication date :

    1956


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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