0-6-0 Steam Locomotives in Spain

Rio Tinto


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 89 (Locobase 21176)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works, DeGolyer, Volume 30, p. 249; and Walter Camp, "Recent Baldwin Locomotives for Foreign Shipment", Railway and Engineering Review, Volume XLVII [47], No 39 (28 September 1907), p. 846 Works numbers were 31123-31124, 31142-31143 in June 1907. (Note: Several roster compilations show the 91-92s as 2-6-0 tender engines. But the original Baldwin specs and the 1907 R&ER report show all four as the 0-6-0 tanks in this entry.)

Engine weight as delivered reflects a note in the Baldwin specs to "make engine weigh as much as possible to secure better adhesion, but do not exceed adhesion.limits" In the specs, the limiit was 30 long tons (67,200 lb/30,481 kg). One reason for the request most likely was the 2% grades these engines would face.

Locobase infers from a "Hereafter" note in the specs that the Rio Tinto didn't find earlier engines (including possibly the 1901 0-8-0s from Baldwin) entirely to their liking Letters from the company and received in April and May 1907 the singled out issues from those earlier engines to be applied to these. In particular, a notation recommended : "Note copy of letter dated 5/18/06 from L H Fray [Lawford H Fry served as deputy to Baldwin president Samuel Vauclain] about complaints on previous engines, extract herewith.".

One such complaint may be represented in the admonition: "Particular attention to be given to equalizing beam pins, making them of best material thoroughly case hardened of ample bearing surface with suitable provision for oiling."

Coal capacity came to 44 cu ft (8.7 cu m).

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class89
Locobase ID21176
RailroadRio Tinto
CountrySpain
Whyte0-6-0T
Number in Class4
Road Numbers89-92
Gauge3'6"
Number Built4
BuilderBurnham, Williams & Co
Year1907
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)10 / 3.05
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)10 / 3.05
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase1
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)10 / 3.05
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)67,700 / 30,708
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)67,700 / 30,708
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)38 / 19
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)36 / 914
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)150 / 1030
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)15" x 22" / 381x559
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)17,531 / 7951.94
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 3.86
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)146 - 1.75" / 44
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) 9.17 / 2.80
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)59.30 / 5.51
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)11.30 / 1.05
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)666 / 61.87
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)666 / 61.87
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume148.01
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation1695
Same as above plus superheater percentage1695
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area8895
Power L11925
Power MT188.06

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