Binalbagan Sugar 0-4-0 Locomotives in Philippines


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 1 (Locobase 14738)

Data from DeGolyer, Volume 63, pp. 193. See also a listing of Sugar Centrals in the Philippines in the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines Journal (January 1922), p. 30. Works numbers were 53524-53525 in August 1920.

Philippine Vegetable Oil Company bought these saddle tanks for the 45 lb.yard (22.5 kg/metre) rail of this big sugar company located in Binalbagan in the western portion of the island of Negros (hence the province's name "Negros Occidental"). For decades, the sugar mills of the region have generated a big share (often almost half) of the Philippines' total output. Binalbagan itself was host to what was described as the largest and oldest sugar processor in Asia.

The 1 would later be sold to another sugar processor: Central Azucarera La Carlota

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class1
Locobase ID14738
RailroadBinalbagan Sugar
CountryPhilippines
Whyte0-4-0ST
Number in Class2
Road Numbers1-2
Gauge3'
Number Built2
BuilderBaldwin
Year1920
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)5 / 1.52
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)5 / 1.52
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase1
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)5 / 1.52
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)38,500 / 17,463
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)38,500 / 17,463
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)38,500 / 17,463
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)700 / 2.65
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)32 / 16
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)30 / 762
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)165 / 1140
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)10" x 16" / 254x406
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)7480 / 3392.87
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 5.15
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)74 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) 8.50 / 2.59
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)40 / 3.72
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 8.70 / 0.81
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)368 / 34.19
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)368 / 34.19
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume253.02
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation1436
Same as above plus superheater percentage1436
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area6600
Power L13222
Power MT369.00

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