Norte 2-4-0 Locomotives in Spain


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 101 (Locobase 20153)

Data from [link] . See also Pere Comas and Alfred Puig, Breve Historia de la Traccion Vapor en Norte, Trensim TS10H001, Noviembre de 2010, pp. 20, 83-84.

Built by Grafenstaden, Haswell, Schneider and Norte's own works.

Schneider-Creusot works numbers were 425-430 (131-136) in 1858, 460-469 (road 101-110) in 1861

Grafenstaden were 81-84 (309-312) in 1860, 231-236 (352-357) in 1863, and 238-241 (359-362) in 1864.

Sociedad Austriarca were 682-688 (363-369) in 1863.

This design was a six-coupled freight design that entered service on the Madrid-Irun line. Built along similar lines to a set of 70 Series 100 2-4-0s supplied for passenger service, the freight engines were given the names of rivers. The link motion was carried outside on the middle axle.

Three of the class--1305, 1318, and 1342--went to the Murcia a Mula y Caravaca in the 1930s, only to return to the Norte and then to RENFE in 1941 as their 2206-2208.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class101
Locobase ID20153
RailroadNorte
CountrySpain
Whyte2-4-0
Number in Class70
Road Numbers101-170
Gauge5'6"
Number Built70
Builderseveral
Year1858
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 4.27 / 1.30
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)11.55 / 3.52
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.37
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)32.58 / 9.93
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)24,119 / 10,940
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)47,179 / 21,400
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)67,461 / 30,600
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)49,714 / 22,550
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)117,175 / 53,150
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)1848 / 7
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) 6.60 / 6
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)39 / 19.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)51.20 / 1300
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)130.50 / 900
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)17.32" x 23.62" / 440x600
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)15,351 / 6963.10
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 3.07
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)156 - 1.969" / 50
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)13.65 / 4.16
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)84.50 / 7.85
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)15.28 / 1.42
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1145 / 106.40
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1145 / 106.40
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume177.77
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation1994
Same as above plus superheater percentage1994
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area11,027
Power L12710
Power MT253.27

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