Arenca 2-6-0 Locomotives in Chile


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class Laurela (Locobase 13989)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Volume 44, p. 194 and 49, p. 175. Works numbers were 33858 in September 1909 and 40955-40956 in September 1913.

Similar to Moguls already in service on the Chilean State Railways' broad gauge (Locobase 13127), the Laurela and her two younger sisters Quilachanquin and Lebu had smaller boilers. They were purchased by the privately held Carbonifera Rios de Curanilahue, whose Arenca railway offered some challenges: 50-lb/yard (25-kg/metre) rail, 3% grades, and minimum curve radii of 120 metres (394 ft). So the builder was abjured to "give special attention to keeping weight down to limit."

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
ClassLaurela
Locobase ID13989
RailroadArenca
CountryChile
Whyte2-6-0
Number in Class3
Road Numbers
Gauge5'6"
Number Built3
BuilderBaldwin
Year1909
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)14 / 4.27
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)21.33 / 6.50
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.66
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)42.23 / 12.87
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)72,800 / 33,022
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)82,880 / 37,594
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)60,000 / 27,216
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)142,880 / 64,810
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)3000 / 11.36
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) 7.80 / 7
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)40 / 20
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)56 / 1422
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)160 / 1100
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)17" x 24" / 432x610
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)16,845 / 7640.77
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.32
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)169 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)11.10 / 3.38
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)90.10 / 8.37
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)16.16 / 1.50
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1065 / 98.94
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1065 / 98.94
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume168.91
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation2586
Same as above plus superheater percentage2586
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area14,416
Power L13589
Power MT326.06

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