Parana-Santa Catarina 4-8-2 Locomotives in Brazil

Class 705 (Locobase 21115)

Data from 482 S 161 Order S-1976 (June 1945) builder's card supplied in February 2023 by Teemu Koivumaki. Works numbers 73717-73718 in 1945..

Like most metre-gauge engines in Brazil, these metre Mountains burned wood. In turn, that demanded large grates to provide enough heat for the relatively large boiler. A well-endowed superheater supported the class's power demand. (Baldwin supplied 4-8-2s of somewhat larger dimensions a year later--see Locobase 972.

The ROde de Viatpo Paraná-Santa Catharina (RVPSC).was formed in 1942 from the combination of predecessors Spo Paulo-Rio Grande Railway, Paraná Railway and Paraná Northern Railway.

Class 720 (Locobase 972)

Data from a table in 1947 Locomotive Cyclopedia; and Baldwin Locomotive Works Negative 13,018 Class 4-8-2, 19 S 67 supplied in March 2023 in an email from Teemu Koivumaki. Works numbers 71583-71586 in 1945 and 73066-73067 in 1946.

As with the FNP 4-8-2 (Locobase 971), note the very low boiler and grate demand factors, reflecting an engine with relatively small cylinder volume in these wood-burner Mountains. The cylinders were fed steam through 10" (254 mm) piston valves.

Locobase 21115 shows the smaller Alco meter-gauge Mountains produced a year earlier.