Guanica Centrale 0-4-4 Locomotives in USA-Puerto_Rico


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 6 (Locobase 13847)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 39, p. 205. Works numbers were 36717 in July 1911and 60184 in September 1927.

Even though they arrived on the GC sixteen years apart, little changed on the sugar central's railway. Built by the South Porto Rico Sugar Company Trading Corporation, the railway resorted to curve radii of 100 metres (30.5 metres).

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class6
Locobase ID13847
RailroadGuanica Centrale
CountryUSA-Puerto Rico
Whyte0-4-4T
Number in Class2
Road Numbers6, 2
GaugeMetre
Number Built2
BuilderBaldwin
Year1911
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)5 / 1.52
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)17 / 5.18
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.29
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)17 / 5.18
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)29,800 / 13,517
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)48,300 / 21,909
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)48,300
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)600 / 2.27
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)300 / 1136
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)25 / 12.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)33 / 838
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)160 / 11
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)11" x 16" / 279x406
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)7979 / 3619.22
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 3.73
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)83 - 1.75" / 44
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) 8.75 / 2.67
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)53 / 4.92
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)8 / 0.74
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)383 / 35.59
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)383 / 35.59
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume217.61
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation1280
Same as above plus superheater percentage1280
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area8480
Power L13240
Power MT479.39

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