Usina Terra Nova/Usina Pitanga 2-4-2 Locomotives in Brazil


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class Brazil (Locobase 13780)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 36, p. 316. Works numbers were 35594-35595 in November 1910 and 38220 in August 1912.

Although F Benn & Son brokered a pair of saddle tanks for two different usinas (sugar plantations), the Brazil and Hilda came off the line in consecutive order and had exactly the same dimensions. The design repeated that of the 1909 engines shown in Locobase 13150. The Guarany came along 26 months later.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
ClassBrazil
Locobase ID13780
RailroadUsina Terra Nova/Usina Pitanga
CountryBrazil
Whyte2-4-2ST
Number in Class3
Road Numbers39-40
GaugeMetre
Number Built3
BuilderBaldwin
Year1910
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 5.67 / 1.73
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)20 / 6.10
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.28
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)20 / 6.10
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)39,000 / 17,690
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)57,500 / 26,082
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)850 / 3.22
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)33 / 16.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)42 / 1067
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)160 / 1100
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)12" x 18" / 305x457
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)8393 / 3807.01
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.65
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)91 - 1.75" / 44
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) 8.96 / 2.73
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)55.30 / 5.14
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 8.40 / 0.78
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)425 / 39.48
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)425 / 39.48
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume180.38
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation1344
Same as above plus superheater percentage1344
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area8848
Power L13335
Power MT377.05

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