2-4-0 Steam Locomotives in Chile

Ferrocarriles Aislados


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class Palos Quemados/Grupo 6 tipo D (Locobase 21334)

Data from Martin Coombs, Chilean steam locomotive list, Part 3-Metre Gauge (March 2022), downloaded [], pp. 22-23, 106, last accessed 24 January 2026. Works number was 5189 in May 1897.

W R Grace ordered this little passenger six-wheeler for operation on the cryptically named in Connelly's list "Ferrorcarriles Aislados" in or near La Calera on the La Calera-Cabildo section. Lemuth described its operator as Chilean State Railway, Southern Division. La Calera.

In any event, the Chilean State added a trailing truck and renumbered it. (Coombs concluded that the usually applied road number 298 is unlikely and suggested 297.) By 1930, the engine was reported to be on the roster, but not in use.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
ClassPalos Quemados/Grupo 6 tipo D
Locobase ID21334
RailroadFerrocarriles Aislados
CountryChile
Whyte2-4-0
Number in Class1
Road Numbers18
GaugeMetre
Number Built1
BuilderRogers
Year1897
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 5.50 / 1.68
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)12.83 / 3.91
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.43
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)46,000 / 20,865
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)55,000 / 24,948
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)94,501 / 42,865
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)149,501 / 67,813
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)1200 / 4.55
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)38 / 19
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)48 / 1219
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)200 / 1360
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)14" x 18" / 356x457
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)12,495 / 5667.64
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 3.68
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)109 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)11 / 3.35
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)57 / 5.30
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 9.20 / 0.85
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)685 / 63.64
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)685 / 63.64
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume213.59
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation1840
Same as above plus superheater percentage1840
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area11,400
Power L14839
Power MT463.83

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