Norte do Parana 2-6-0 Locomotives in Brazil


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 1 (Locobase 13146)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines, as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Volume 30, p. 244. (Many thanks to Emmanuel Fernandez da Silva for his 12 August 2021 email asking about the works numbers for this class and for providing information about the #1's preservation.) Works numbers were 31091-31092 in June 1907.

These were both sold to Monsieur Gaston. de Cerjat on behalf of the E de F de Nord du Parana, a southestern Brazilian road owned by French interests. It was a short line that only amounted to 27 miles (43.5 km) by 1915. By this time it was part of the larger Brazil Railway Company.

Emmanuel Fernandez da Silva notified Wes Barris and me to tell us the buyer was "Monsieur Cerjat (his real name was Gaston de Cerjat) in 1907." da Silva added: "[T]his locomotive is actually still standing, well, at least as a museum exibition in the "Museu do Contestado" in Catador, estate of Santa Catarina, in southern Brazil."

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class1
Locobase ID13146
RailroadNorte do Parana
CountryBrazil
Whyte2-6-0
Number in Class1
Road Numbers1-2
GaugeMetre
Number Built1
BuilderBurnham, Williams & Co
Year1907
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)10 / 3.05
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)16.50 / 5.03
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.61
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)37.87 / 11.54
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)54,000 / 24,494
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)63,000 / 28,576
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)35,000 / 15,876
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)98,000 / 44,452
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)1800 / 6.82
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)30 / 15
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)39 / 991
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)160 / 1100
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)15" x 20" / 381x508
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)15,692 / 7117.78
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 3.44
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)159 - 1.75" / 44
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) 9.04 / 2.76
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)77 / 7.16
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)13 / 1.21
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)736 / 68.40
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)736 / 68.40
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume179.92
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation2080
Same as above plus superheater percentage2080
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area12,320
Power L12850
Power MT349.06

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