National Railway of Honduras 4-6-0 Locomotives in Honduras


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 9 (Locobase 14010)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 44, p 246. Works numbers were 38811 in November 1912 and 40786 in November 1913.

Locobase 20004 shows two earlier wood-burning Ten-wheelers delivered to this railroad by Scranton,Pa-based Dickson.


Class El Presidente (Locobase 20004)

Data from "American Locomotives for Foreign Railways," Engineering News, Volume 41, No 24 (15 June 1899), pp. 376-377. Works numbers were 973-974 in May 1898.

Small, light wood-burning Ten-wheelers that resembled North American 4-6-0s except for size. EN's report commented that their "general appearance and the balloon stack" recalled earlier 4-6-0s, "but the steel cab, circular headlight, and other features mark it as a modern engine." The second locomotive was named Marazan.

See Locobase 14010 for Baldwin's later near-duplication of this design.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class9El Presidente
Locobase ID14010 20004
RailroadNational Railway of HondurasNational Railway of Honduras
CountryHondurasHonduras
Whyte4-6-04-6-0
Number in Class22
Road Numbers9-106-7
Gauge3'6"3'6"
Number Built22
BuilderBaldwinDickson
Year19121898
Valve GearStephensonStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)11.33 / 3.4511.42 / 3.48
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)19.50 / 5.9419.50 / 5.94
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.58 0.59
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)39.71 / 12.10
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)42,400 / 19,23241,600 / 18,869
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)59,000 / 26,76256,000 / 25,401
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)44,000 / 19,95840,000 / 18,144
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)103,000 / 46,72096,000 / 43,545
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)2000 / 7.581000 / 3.79
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)4 / 4
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)24 / 1223 / 11.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)42 / 106742 / 1067
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)180 / 12.40180 / 12.40
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)12" x 18" / 305x45712" x 18" / 305x457
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)9442 / 4282.829442 / 4282.82
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.49 4.41
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)134 - 1.75" / 44134 - 1.75" / 44
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) 9.83 / 3 9.83 / 3
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)66 / 6.1378 / 7.25
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)10.70 / 0.9910.87 / 1.01
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)665 / 61.78681 / 63.27
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)665 / 61.78681 / 63.27
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume282.23289.03
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation19261957
Same as above plus superheater percentage19261957
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area11,88014,040
Power L153215727
Power MT830.01910.52

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