0-8-0 Steam Locomotives in Portugal

Companhia Real dos Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 201/601/ (Locobase 15519)

Data from SACM diagram Nr.80 from Societe Alsacienne de Constructions Mecaniques from locomotive book supplied by Dany Machi up at [] as

Diagrammes des machines SACM construites a GRAFENSTADEN (October 2007); supplemented and amended by "Locomotivas de Vapor de Via Larga"p.33 , posted Posted by Guarda Freio at 18:01, 23 September 2018, at [], last accessed 25 January 2026. Works numbers were 3825-3832 in 1887, 3858 in 1888, 3859--3861 in 1889, and 4122-4123 in 1890..

Tube diameter is the interior measurement. The diagram show a long, low boiler with Belpaire firebox and a big steam dome just behind the stack. Comboios de Portugal (CP) records indicate that these fourteen engines were the only all-adhesion 8-coupleds on the roster.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class201/601/
Locobase ID15519
RailroadCompanhia Real dos Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses (CP)
CountryPortugal
Whyte0-8-0
Number in Class14
Road Numbers201-214/601-614
GaugeStd
Number Built14
BuilderSACM
Year1887
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)13.55 / 4.13
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)13.55 / 4.13
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase1
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)36.61 / 11.16
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)106,704 / 48,400
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)106,704 / 48,400
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)53,352 / 24,200
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)160,056 / 72,600
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)2112 / 8
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) 5.50 / 5
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)44 / 22
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)51.20 / 1300
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)144 / 980
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)19.69" x 25.98" / 500x660
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)24,079 / 10922.06
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.43
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)208 - 1.772" / 45
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)16.96 / 5.17
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)104.41 / 9.70
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)22.71 / 2.11
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1758 / 163.30
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1758 / 163.30
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume192.00
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation3270
Same as above plus superheater percentage3270
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area15,035
Power L13060
Power MT252.89

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