0-4-2 Steam Locomotives in Brazil

EF Principio de Grao Para


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 15 (Locobase 11808)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 11, p. 155. Works numbers were 6404-6405 in October 1882.

This railway, located not far from Rio de Janeiro, was the successor to Brazil's first railway, the E de Ferro Maua. The line was extended from Piabeta to Petropolis Serra (a precipitous ridge lying about 10 miles from the port of Maua) and Areal between 1883 and 1886. The entire line later joined with others to form the Leopoldina.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class15
Locobase ID11808
RailroadEF Principio de Grao Para
CountryBrazil
Whyte0-4-2T
Number in Class2
Road Numbers15-16
GaugeMetre
Number Built2
BuilderBurnham, Williams & Co
Year1883
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 4.50 / 1.37
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)11.50 / 3.51
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.39
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)11.50 / 3.51
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)500 / 1.89
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)36 / 914
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)130 / 900
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)12" x 16" / 305x406
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)7072 / 3207.81
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort)
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)104 - 1.75" / 44
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) 8.52 / 2.60
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)40 / 3.72
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 7.80
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)439 / 40.80
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)439 / 40.80
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume209.61
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation1014
Same as above plus superheater percentage1014
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area5200
Power L12380
Power MT

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