Societe des Mines de Cuivre de Naltagua 0-4-0 Locomotives in Russia


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 6 (Locobase 11000)

Data from "Tank Frame Locomotives", Record of Recent Construction #93 (Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1918), p.11; and DeGolyer, Volume 54, pp. 356+. Works number was 42134 in June 1915.

See Locobase 10996 for a short description of this small tank-engine design sold to several industrial, mining, and agricultural companies.

Baldwin consigns this locomotive to Max Lyon in Chile who apparently was associated with the SMCN. The latter was a copper mine and its private railway used rails weighing 26 lb/yd (13 kg/metre) on a profile that included 3% grades and 39-ft (10-metre) curve radii. Baldwin's specification accounted for the tight curvature: "On account of sharp curves, omit the volute draw springs and apply a drawbar and back with head as shown, swivelling from a point well inside the bumper."

Lightweight track elicited the usual modification: "All springs one plate heavier than usual."

Fuel was low-grade coal (the spec says "heating value ...5,000 calories"), which necessitated a small spark-arresting bowl at the top of the stack.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class6
Locobase ID11000
RailroadSociete des Mines de Cuivre de Naltagua
CountryRussia
Whyte0-4-0WT
Number in Class1
Road Numbers6
Gauge60 cm
Number Built1
BuilderBaldwin
Year1915
Valve GearMarshall
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)4 / 1.22
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)4 / 1.22
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase1
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)4 / 1.22
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)18,200 / 8255
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)18,200 / 8255
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)175 / 0.66
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)15 / 7.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)23 / 584
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)176 / 1210
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)8" x 12" / 203x305
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)4995 / 2265.70
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 3.64
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)56 - 1.75" / 44
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)7 / 2.13
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)21 / 1.95
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 4.90 / 0.46
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)198 / 18.39
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)198 / 18.39
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume283.61
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation862
Same as above plus superheater percentage862
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area3696
Power L12928
Power MT709.35

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