Muelle de Eten 0-4-2 Locomotives in Peru


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class Pimentel (Locobase 14203)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 36, p. 220. Works number was 40735 in October 1913.

Three years after the Muelle de Eten took delivery of one of the smallest standard-gauge Eight-wheelers (Locobase 13752), it bought this smaller saddle tank for dock switching. After 1967, the M de E's government-owned successor Transportes y Embarques del Norte would rename the #9 Tumán.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
ClassPimentel
Locobase ID14203
RailroadMuelle de Eten
CountryPeru
Whyte0-4-2ST
Number in Class1
Road Numbers9
GaugeStd
Number Built1
BuilderBaldwin
Year1913
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)5 / 1.52
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)11.75 / 3.58
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.43
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)11.75 / 3.58
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)40,000 / 18,144
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)46,000 / 20,865
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)600 / 2.27
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)33 / 16.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)37 / 940
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)160 / 1100
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)11" x 16" / 279x406
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)7116 / 3227.77
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 5.62
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)73 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) 8.21 / 2.50
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)44 / 4.09
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 8.40 / 0.78
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)355 / 32.98
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)355 / 32.98
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume201.72
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation1344
Same as above plus superheater percentage1344
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area7040
Power L13224
Power MT355.38

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