W A Grace and Company 0-4-0 Locomotives in Peru


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class unknown (Locobase 15082)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Vol 60, pp. 144. Works number was 52846 in January 1920.

Rail weight on which this plantation saddle tank traveled was a meager 25 lb/yard (12.5 kg/metre) and the curves bent into radii of an excruciating 30 ft (9.15 metres).

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Classunknown
Locobase ID15082
RailroadW A Grace and Company
CountryPeru
Whyte0-4-0ST
Number in Class1
Road Numbers
Gauge60 cm
Number Built1
BuilderBaldwin
Year1920
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 3.33 / 1.01
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) 3.33 / 1.01
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase1
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) 3.33 / 1.01
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)12,500 / 5670
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)12,500 / 5670
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)300 / 1.14
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)100 / 379
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)10 / 5
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)20 / 508
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)160 / 1100
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)6" x 10" / 152x254
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)2448 / 1110.40
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 5.11
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)46 - 1.5" / 38
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)6 / 1.83
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)16 / 1.49
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 2.90 / 0.27
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)123 / 11.43
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)123 / 11.43
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume375.86
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation464
Same as above plus superheater percentage464
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area2560
Power L13308
Power MT1166.86

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