4-6-0 Steam Locomotives in Mexico

Hidalgo y Nordeste


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class Huauchinango (Locobase 12777)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 27, p. 244. See also Mariano Tellez Pizarro, Breves Apuntos Historicos sobre las Ferrocarriles de la Republica Mexicana (, Mexico-A Geographical Sketch (Mexico City: Tipographia de la Direccion General de Telegraphos, 1906), p. 26-27). Works number was 25839 in June 1905.

A government-authorized concession granted on 2 February 1878 marked the origin of the H y N, a narrow-gauge line that eventually covered 209.7 km (130 miles). Tellez Pizarro commented that this railway was financed in Mexico and subsidized in part by the Mexican Government. It consisted of six short segments (the longest measuring 74.3 km (46 miles), but provided "very important" links to those six railways.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
ClassHuauchinango
Locobase ID12777
RailroadHidalgo y Nordeste
CountryMexico
Whyte4-6-0
Number in Class1
Road Numbers26
Gauge3'
Number Built1
BuilderBurnham, Williams & Co
Year1905
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)10 / 3.05
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)19.42 / 5.92
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.51
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)47,000 / 21,319
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)64,000 / 29,030
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)2000 / 7.58
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)26 / 13
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)48 / 1219
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)180 / 1240
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)15" x 20" / 381x508
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)14,344 / 6506.34
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 3.28
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)128 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)11.67 / 3.56
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)74.20 / 6.90
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)12.32 / 1.14
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)860 / 79.93
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)860 / 79.93
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume210.27
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation2218
Same as above plus superheater percentage2218
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area13,356
Power L14334
Power MT609.88

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