Sul do Espirito Santo 0-4-2 Locomotives in Brazil


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 5 (Locobase 20867)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 20, p. 214. Works number was 15069..

Locobase didn't create a new entry for this locomotive when he first encountered the Baldwin specs (ca. 2010 or so). Baldwin didn't record heating surface area for the firebox, which stymied Locobase's intention.

When he saw the entry again more than a decade later, he searched for a very similar 0-4-2ST and found the 1910 Bethlehem Plantation saddle tank operating in the Dutch Virgin Islands described in Locobase 13663. Its specs exactly matched those of the earlier Brazilian. (Baldwin's extensive use of templates for many of its components lent itself to easy duplications.)

Espirito Santo began building this railway in 1893. Its first 21 km (13 miles) took the line from Vitoria to Viana. This little tank engine Later extensions led to Matilde and ultimately Cachoeiro, 80 km (49.7 miles) from its origin.

The SdoES merged with the Leopoldina in 1907.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class5
Locobase ID20867
RailroadSul do Espirito Santo
CountryBrazil
Whyte0-4-2T
Number in Class1
Road Numbers5
GaugeMetre
Number Built1
BuilderBurnham, Williams & Co
Year1896
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)4 / 1.22
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)10 / 3.05
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.40
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)10 / 3.05
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)20,000 / 9072
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)26,000 / 11,793
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)350 / 1.33
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)17 / 8.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)30 / 762
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)150 / 1030
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)9" x 14" / 229x356
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)4820 / 2186.32
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.15
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)68 - 1.5" / 38
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) 6.81 / 2.08
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)25.50 / 2.37
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 6.50 / 0.60
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)205 / 19.05
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)205 / 19.05
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume198.87
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation975
Same as above plus superheater percentage975
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area3825
Power L12419
Power MT533.30

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