Central Triunfo 2-4-0 Locomotives in USA-Puerto_Rico


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 2 (Locobase 14758)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Vol 63, p. 253. Works number was 55641 in September 1922.

This sugar processor had its Central on the south coast of Puerto Rico; it was one of the smaller such mills. In 1916, its owners created a holding company--Garzot y Fuertes--that operated the mill up through 1928. Its closure in 1929 was followed by partial destruction by a 1932 cyclone.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class2
Locobase ID14758
RailroadCentral Triunfo
CountryUSA-Puerto Rico
Whyte2-4-0
Number in Class1
Road Numbers2
GaugeMetre
Number Built1
BuilderBaldwin
Year1922
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 5.50 / 1.68
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)11.17 / 3.40
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.49
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)25.52 / 7.78
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)23,000 / 10,433
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)26,000 / 11,793
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)15,000 / 6804
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)41,000 / 18,597
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)500 / 1.89
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)2 / 2
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)19 / 9.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)30 / 762
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)160 / 1100
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)9" x 14" / 229x356
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)5141 / 2331.92
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.47
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)79 - 1.5" / 38
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)6 / 1.83
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)35.80 / 3.33
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 8.15 / 0.76
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)219 / 20.35
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)219 / 20.35
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume212.62
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation1304
Same as above plus superheater percentage1304
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area5728
Power L13091
Power MT592.56

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