2-8-2 Steam Locomotives in Mexico

FC de Hornos


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class Juana (Locobase 12667)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 25, p. 239. Works number was 21824 in March 1903.

Mikados even twice this size were rarely found among 2-8-2s so the Juana is a true outlier--apparently the smallest ever built for North American service. The Hacienda de Hornos ranched cattle and grew grain. The two-ft-(610 mm) gauge railway that served this expansive plantation covered 51 km (32 miles) and opened for common-carrier passenger and freight service in 1904.

When the railroad encountered the Mexican Revolution, it came off second-best. By 1930, the Hornos had stopped issuing timetables.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
ClassJuana
Locobase ID12667
RailroadFC de Hornos
CountryMexico
Whyte2-8-2
Number in Class1
Road Numbers4
Gauge60 cm
Number Built1
BuilderBurnham, Williams & Co
Year1903
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 7.92 / 2.41
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)18.83 / 5.74
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.42
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)7000 / 3175
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)28,000 / 12,701
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)40,000 / 18,144
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)29,000 / 13,154
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)69,000 / 31,298
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)1200 / 4.55
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)12 / 6
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)28 / 711
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)150 / 1030
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)10" x 14" / 254x356
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)6375 / 2891.65
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.39
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)53 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)10.79 / 3.29
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)39.60 / 3.68
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 8.34 / 0.77
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)336 / 31.22
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)336 / 31.22
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume264.57
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation1251
Same as above plus superheater percentage1251
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area5940
Power L12943
Power MT926.89

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