Portuguese Government 4-6-0 Locomotives in Portugal


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 61 (Locobase 9190)

Maurice Demoulin, Locomotive Actuelle ... (Paris: Librairie Polytechnique Ch.Beranger, 1906), p 287-288. Also see "Compound Passenger Engine, Portuguese State Rys", The Locomotive Magazine, Volume X (15 July 1904), p. 115; and "Passenger Locomotive for the Portuguese State Railway", Engineering, Volume 78 (29 July 1904), p. 150.. Works numbers were 5359-5364 in November 1904, 5649-5652 in October 1905.

A four-cylinder compound with Belpaire firebox and Serve tubes and a mixture of Walschaert gear on the external LP cylinders and Joy valve gear on the inside, HP cylinders. The colored illustration found in the LM showed a long line with a high-mounted boiler, and wide-set bogies. The class was intended to haul the Sul e Sueste's heavy passenger traffic on a route that included long grades of 1 in 55 (1.8 %).

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class61
Locobase ID9190
RailroadPortuguese Government
CountryPortugal
Whyte4-6-0
Number in Class10
Road Numbers81-90/61-72
Gauge5'6"
Number Built10
BuilderBorsig
Year1904
Valve Gearmixed
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)13.12 / 4
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)27 / 8.23
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.49
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)49.21 / 15
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)90,456 / 41,030
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)128,970 / 58,500
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)82,894 / 37,600
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)211,864 / 96,100
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)3696 / 14
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) 5.50 / 5
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)50 / 25
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)60.90 / 1547
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)198.70 / 1370
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)13.78" x 25.59" / 350x650
Low Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)21.65" x 25.59" / 550x650
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)19,182 / 8700.82
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.72
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)233 - 1.929" / 49
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)14.11 / 4.30
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)181.05 / 16.82
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)30.68 / 2.85
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1841 / 171
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1841 / 171
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume416.78
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation6096
Same as above plus superheater percentage6096
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area35,975
Power L15080
Power MT371.43

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