Central Uruguay 4-4-0 Locomotives in Uruguay


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class C (Locobase 20435)

Data from "Locomotives from Uruguay", National Car and Locomotive Builder, Volume , (October 1892), p. 150. See also Juan Jose Castro, Treatise on the South American Railways and the Great International Lines, Published under the Auspices of the Ministry of Foment [sic] of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay and sent to the World's Exhibition at Chicago (Montevideo: La Nacioon Steam Printing Office, 1893), pp. 118-119. Works numbers were 3295-3300.

Although the Treatise refers to the Robert Stephenson built compound Eight-wheelers, its table shows all twelve locomotives (6 Stephenson, 6 Beyer, Peacock) as a class. Castro noted that the C class hauled 250 tons gross weight up a 1.6% rising grade or could, with a light train, "easily travel at the maximum permitted of 72 kilometers (45 miles) per hour.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
ClassC
Locobase ID20435
RailroadCentral Uruguay
CountryUruguay
Whyte4-4-0
Number in Class6
Road Numbers 57-62
GaugeStd
Number Built6
BuilderBeyer, Peacock
Year1889
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)84,960 / 38,537
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)62,712 / 28,446
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)147,672 / 66,983
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)2040 / 7.73
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) 4.75 / 4
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)60 / 1524
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)170 / 1170
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)16" x 22" / 406x559 (1)
Low Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)23" x 22" / 584x559 (1)
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)9140 / 4145.84
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort)
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)87 / 8.08
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)16 / 1.49
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)830 / 77.11
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)830 / 77.11
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume324.24
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation2720
Same as above plus superheater percentage2720
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area14,790
Power L14066
Power MT

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