Argentine Great Western 0-6-2 Locomotives in Argentina


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 125 (Locobase 12194)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Vol 20, 127. Works numbers were 14857-14858 in May 1896.

125 later was rebuilt as a 2-6-2T.

This railway was an 1890 amalgamation of several broad-gauge railroads spidering out from Buenos Aires. At the time of its formation, the BAW mustered 660 route miles. The trunk line headed out west to Mercedes, where it met the Buenos Aires Pacific, then on to Bragado. From there, a tridentine forking connected Bragado with Rancul, Meridiano Quinto, and Toay.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class125
Locobase ID12194
RailroadArgentine Great Western (BAP)
CountryArgentina
Whyte0-6-2T
Number in Class2
Road Numbers125-126
Gauge5'6"
Number Built2
BuilderBurnham, Williams & Co
Year1896
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)10.83 / 3.30
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)17.83 / 5.43
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.61
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)17.83 / 5.43
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)1200 / 4.55
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)48 / 1219
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)160 / 11
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)17.5" x 24" / 445x610
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)20,825 / 9446.07
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort)
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)183 - 1.875" / 48
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)10.10 / 3.08
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)93 / 8.64
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)19 / 1.77
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)986 / 91.64
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)986 / 91.64
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume147.58
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation3040
Same as above plus superheater percentage3040
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area14,880
Power L12780
Power MT

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