Sucreries de Porto Rico 0-4-4 Locomotives in USA-Puerto_Rico


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 2 (Locobase 13016)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 29, p. 202. Works numbers were 28785-28786 in August 1906.

About as small a locomotive as rolled on 8 wheels. The two were produced to the order of the Arthur Koppel Company.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class2
Locobase ID13016
RailroadSucreries de Porto Rico
CountryUSA-Puerto Rico
Whyte0-4-4T
Number in Class1
Road Numbers2-3
Gauge60 cm
Number Built1
BuilderBurnham, Williams & Co
Year1906
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 3.67 / 1.12
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)11.75 / 3.58
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.31
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)11.75 / 3.58
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)12,000 / 5443
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)21,000 / 9525
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)500 / 1.89
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)10 / 5
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)26 / 660
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)160 / 1100
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)7" x 12" / 178x305
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)3076 / 1395.25
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 3.90
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)46 - 1.5" / 38
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) 6.17 / 1.88
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)20.10 / 1.87
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 3.70 / 0.34
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)130 / 12.08
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)130 / 12.08
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume245.28
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation592
Same as above plus superheater percentage592
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area3216
Power L13015
Power MT1107.82

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