Central Vicente/Central San Vicente 0-4-4 "Forney" Locomotives in the USA


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 4 (Locobase 13764)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Volume 36, p.236. Works numbers were 33583 in September 1909 and 35632 in December 1910.

Ernst Wiener's string of orders for small plantation tanks continued with this pair delivered a year apart. They were required to bend around 75-foot (22.9-metre) curve radii and rattle along 20-lb/yard (10-kg/metre) rail.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class4
Locobase ID13764
RailroadCentral Vicente/Central San Vicente
CountryUSA
Whyte0-4-4T
Number in Class2
Road Numbers4-5
Gauge76 cm
Number Built2
BuilderBaldwin
Year1909
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)4 / 1.22
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)14 / 4.27
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.29
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)14 / 4.27
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)20,000 / 9072
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)32,000 / 14,515
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)550 / 2.08
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)17 / 8.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)29 / 737
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)160 / 1100
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)8" x 14" / 203x356
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)4202 / 1906.00
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.76
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)64 - 1.5" / 38
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) 6.67 / 2.03
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)25.90 / 2.41
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 4.60 / 0.43
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)192 / 17.84
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)192 / 17.84
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume237.04
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation736
Same as above plus superheater percentage736
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area4144
Power L13069
Power MT676.60

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