2-8-0 Steam Locomotives in Mexico

Parral y Durango


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 7 (Locobase 12785)

Data from DeGolyer, Volume 31, p. 226. Works number was 32665 in February 1908.

Compared to the 1905 Consolidation delivered to this same mining road (Locobase 12784), the 7 was also a wood-burner, but had a reorganized boiler with fewer, but larger-diameter boiler tubes and a slightly bigger firebox.

In 1940, the 7 went to the Coahuila & Zacatecas as their #3.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class7
Locobase ID12785
RailroadParral y Durango
CountryMexico
Whyte2-8-0
Number in Class1
Road Numbers7
Gauge3'
Number Built1
BuilderBurnham, Williams & Co
Year1908
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)11.60 / 3.54
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)18.75 / 5.71
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.62
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)85,000 / 38,555
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)98,000 / 44,452
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)54,000 / 24,494
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)152,000 / 68,946
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)3200 / 12.12
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)35 / 17.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)40 / 1016
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)180 / 1240
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)16" x 20" / 406x508
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)19,584 / 8883.16
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.34
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)152 - 2.25" / 57
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)15.75 / 4.80
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)90 / 8.36
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)18 / 1.67
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1492 / 138.61
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1492 / 138.61
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume320.86
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation3240
Same as above plus superheater percentage3240
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area16,200
Power L15012
Power MT519.98

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