0-6-0 Steam Locomotives in Ecuador

Provincial de Manabi


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 1 (Locobase 21312)

Data from Negative No P-481, Class 060-38 built for the FPMRR, American Locomotive builder's card Martin Coombs, Part 6: Ecuadorian steam locomotive list from his Railways of the Far South series, v.1.24 (March 2026), p.93 on the web at [], last accessed 7 March 2026. Works number was 29966 in 1904.

Manabi railroad construction began in 1904 and extended "several kilometres from Puerto Larrea", reports Coombs, and this little all-adhesion freight locomotive may have constituted its entire motive power roster.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class1
Locobase ID21312
RailroadProvincial de Manabi
CountryEcuador
Whyte0-6-0
Number in Class1
Road Numbers1
GaugeMetre
Number Built1
BuilderAlco-Pittsburgh
Year1904
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 8.08 / 1.50
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) 8.08 / 4.98
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase1
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)26.12 / 4.98
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)38,200 / 12,519
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)38,200 / 19,504
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)23,000
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)61,200
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)1050 / 2.65
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)21 / 10.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)42 / 940
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)150 / 1030
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)16" x 16" / 254x406
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)12,434 / 5639.97
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 3.07
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)124 - 1.75" / 44
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)8 / 2.74
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)59.40 / 3.34
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 7.72 / 0.70
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)510 / 29.54
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)510 / 29.54
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume136.97
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation1158
Same as above plus superheater percentage1158
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area8910
Power L12276
Power MT394.06

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