Costa Rica Railway 2-6-0 Locomotives in Costa_Rica


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 52 (Locobase 12219)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Vol 20, 127. Works numbers were 18487-18488 in December 1900.

Both of these Moguls went to Costa Rica's Northern Railway in 1905 and were renumbered.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class52
Locobase ID12219
RailroadCosta Rica Railway
CountryCosta Rica
Whyte2-6-0
Number in Class2
Road Numbers52-53 / 26-27 / 28-29
Gauge3'6"
Number Built2
BuilderBurnham, Williams & Co
Year1900
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)10.17 / 3.10
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)17.17 / 5.23
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.59
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)68,000 / 30,844
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)77,000 / 34,927
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)40,000 / 18,144
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)117,000 / 53,071
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)1600 / 6.06
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)40.50 / 1029
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)160 / 1100
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)16" x 20" / 406x508
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)17,193 / 7798.62
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 3.96
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)184 - 1.875" / 48
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) 9.17 / 2.80
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)99 / 9.20
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)16.40 / 1.52
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)918 / 85.32
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)918 / 85.32
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume197.24
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation2624
Same as above plus superheater percentage2624
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area15,840
Power L13279
Power MT318.92

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