2-6-0 Steam Locomotives in Mexico

Jalapa & Cordova


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 1 (Locobase 9625)

Data from Catalogue Descriptive of Simple and Compound Locomotives built by Brooks Locomotive Works, Dunkirk, NY (Buffalo, NY: Matthew-Northrup Company, 1899).

Builder info from B.Rumary, 25 Kingscombe, Gurney Slade, Radstock, BA3 4TH, ENGLAND and Jeremy Lambert as supplied by Allen Stanley in March 2004.

Works numbers were 2839-2840.

Low-drivered pair of Moguls with spark-arresting cabbage stack and sand and steam domes bunched close to the smokebox.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class1
Locobase ID9625
RailroadJalapa & Cordova
CountryMexico
Whyte2-6-0
Number in Class2
Road Numbers1-2
Gauge3'
Number Built2
BuilderBrooks
Year1897
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)10.33 / 3.15
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)16.83 / 5.13
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.61
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)40.25 / 12.27
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)56,000 / 25,401
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)63,800 / 28,939
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)50,000 / 22,680
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)113,800 / 51,619
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)1700 / 6.44
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) 1.50 / 1
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)31 / 15.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)42 / 1067
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)135 / 930
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)14" x 20" / 356x508
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)10,710 / 4857.98
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 5.23
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)148 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) 8.17 / 2.49
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)83 / 7.71
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)13.50 / 1.25
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)718 / 66.73
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)718 / 66.73
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume201.69
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation1823
Same as above plus superheater percentage1823
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area11,205
Power L13008
Power MT355.26

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