Humberto Saboia & Company 4-6- Locomotives in Brazil


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 2 (Locobase 21120)

Data from Alco class 460 74 Order S-1300 builder's card supplied in February 2023 by Teemu Koivumaki. Works numbers were 61550-61551, 61554 in March 1920.

(Note: Locobase uses Alco's version of the buyer's name. Other variants are Humberto Savoia and Humberto Saboya.)

At the same Alco produced the two Consolidations for this Brazillian railroad construction company (Locobase 21119), it also turned out this trio of wood-burning Ten-wheelers. The fuel required the use of a basket-shaped spark-arresting stack and wood racks on the tender capable of holding three cords.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class2
Locobase ID21120
RailroadHumberto Saboia & Company
CountryBrazil
Whyte4-6-
Number in Class3
Road Numbers2-4
GaugeMetre
Number Built3
BuilderAlco-Schenectady
Year1920
Valve GearWalschaert
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 7.83 / 2.39
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)22.50 / 6.86
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.35
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)60,000 / 27,216
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)73,500 / 33,339
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)63,600 / 28,849
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)137,100 / 62,188
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)2500 / 9.47
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)43 / 1092
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)160 / 1100
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)15" x 20" / 381x508
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)14,233 / 6455.99
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.22
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)133 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)14.33 / 4.37
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)66 / 6.13
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)18.50 / 1.72
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1036 / 96.25
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1036 / 96.25
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume253.26
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation2960
Same as above plus superheater percentage2960
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area10,560
Power L13829
Power MT

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