P class 4-6-0 no. 60 on the turntable at Haifa in 1950
Type and origin
Power type
steam
Builder
North British Locomotive Company
Serial number
24219 – 24224[1]
Build date
1935[2]
Total produced
6
Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte
4-6-0[1][2]
Gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Bogies
6 ft 8 in (2,032 mm) wheelbase[3]
Leading dia.
2 ft 9 in (838 mm)[3]
Driver dia.
5 ft 6+3⁄4 in (1,695 mm) [1][2]
Wheelbase
25 ft 11 in (7.90 m)[3]
Length
loco & tender 65 ft 6 in (19.96 m) over buffers[3]
Height
14 ft 2 in (4.32 m)[3]
Axle load
26 long tons (29.1 short tons; 26.4 t)[3]
Adhesive weight
17 long tons (19.0 short tons; 17.3 t); 17 long tons (19.0 short tons; 17.3 t); 16.95 long tons (19.0 short tons; 17.2 t)[3]
Loco weight
68.65 long tons (76.9 short tons; 69.8 t)[3]
Total weight
127.5 long tons (142.8 short tons; 129.5 t) laden[3]
Fuel type
originally Welsh coal; converted to oil by 1943[4]
Fuel capacity
1,193 imperial gallons (1,433 US gal; 5,420 L)[1] (after conversion to oil fuel)
Water cap.
6,500 imperial gallons (7,800 US gal; 30,000 L)[1][2]
Firebox:
• Grate area
29 square feet (2.7 m2)[2]
Boiler pressure
190 lbf/in2 (1.31 MPa)[1]
Heating surface
1,949 sq ft (181.1 m2)[1][2]
Cylinders
2, outside[2]
Cylinder size
20+1⁄2 in × 28 in (521 mm × 711 mm)[1][2]
Performance figures
Tractive effort
28,470 lbf (126.6 kN)[1][2]
Career
Operators
Palestine Military Railway 1919–20; Palestine Railways 1920–48; Israel Railways 1948–60
Class
P[2]
Number in class
6
Numbers
60 – 65[1][2]
Locale
Mandate Palestine; northern Sinai; latterly Israel
Delivered
1935
First run
1935
Last run
1960
Retired
1960
Scrapped
1960
Disposition
All scrapped (tender of No. 62 preserved)
The Palestine Railways P class was a type of standard gauge mixed traffic steam locomotive on Palestine Railways and its successor Israel Railways. The PMR introduced the class in 1935 and Israel Railways withdrew the last ones in 1960.
^ abcdefghijCotterell, 1984, page 130
^ abcdefghijkProud & Smith, 1946, page 7
^ abcdefghiCotterell, 1984, page 27
^Hughes 1981, p. 41.
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