American 4-4-0 Locomotives in USA-Puerto_Rico


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 61 (Locobase 10989)

Data from Record of Recent Construction #55 (Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1906), p. 30-31; and DeGolyer, Volume 29, p. 253 and Volume 49, p. 79.. Works numbers were 30039 in January 1907; 30067-30068 in February; 33512 in June 1909; and 33527-33528 in July.

This cabbage-stacker was one of the few Eight-wheeler designs on the metre gauge that ran as a two-cylinder compound. Baldwin's specs show rail weights of 40 lb/yard (20 kg/metre), maximum grades of 2% and curves of 17 degrees (328 foot/100 metres radii). In the specifications for the first three, a note warned"Special attention to be given to stay bolts as R R Co [sic] complains of those [unclear] on previous engines."

Connelly's record of Baldwin orders does not say if the class was converted to simple-expansion.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class61
Locobase ID10989
RailroadAmerican (Porto Rico)
CountryUSA-Puerto Rico
Whyte4-4-0
Number in Class6
Road Numbers61-66
GaugeMetre
Number Built6
BuilderBurnham, Williams & Co
Year1907
Valve GearWalschaert
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 8.17 / 2.49
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)20.42 / 6.22
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.40
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)38.25 / 11.66
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)37,380 / 16,955
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)64,430 / 29,225
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)45,570 / 20,670
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)110,000 / 49,895
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)2200 / 8.33
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)4 / 4
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)31 / 15.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)50 / 1270
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)213 / 1470
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)13" x 18" / 330x457 (1)
Low Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)19" x 18" / 483x457 (1)
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)7503 / 3403.31
Booster (lbs)6
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.98
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)140 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) 9.83 / 3
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)62 / 5.76
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 9.90 / 0.92
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)777 / 72.21
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)777 / 72.21
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume560.37
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation2109
Same as above plus superheater percentage2109
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area13,206
Power L16533
Power MT770.61

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