Interoceanic 2-8-0 "Consolidation" Type Locomotives

Outside-frame Consolidations with everything showing -- springs, cranks -- except for the valve motion itself. These were all-steel engines, with a steel boiler and firebox, steel cab, drivers, driving boxes. Fired by coal briquettes.

Railroad Gazette 7 October 1898.

Specifications
Class
Locobase ID3239
RailroadInteroceanic
Whyte2-8-0
Road Numbers
Gauge3'
BuilderSchenectady
Year1898
Valve Gear
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase10.92'
Engine Wheelbase17.20'
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheebase 0.63
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender)
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle)
Weight on Drivers82000 lbs
Engine Weight91000 lbs
Tender Light Weight
Total Engine and Tender Weight0
Tender Water Capacity3000 gals
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal)4.5 tons
Minimum weight per yard of rail on which locomotive could run34.17 lb rail
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter38"
Boiler Pressure180 psi
Cylinders (dia x stroke)16" x 20"
Tractive Effort20615 lbs
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 3.98
Heating Ability
Firebox Area82 sq. ft
Grate Area16.90 sq. ft
Evaporative Heating Surface1433
Superheating Surface
Combined Heating Surface1433
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume307.89
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation3042
Same as above plus superheater percentage3042
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area14760
Power L14514.23
Power MT485.47

Credits

Introduction and specifications provided by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media.