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Buenos Aires Pacific Tipo 20

The Tipo 20 comprised 14 Atlantic locomotives built by North British in 1905 and numbered 600 to 613. Although their bulky, compact appearance suggested otherwise, they were in fact relatively large locomotives, weigh...

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Built 1905
Manufacturers North British
Wheel arrangement 2B1
Gauge 1676 mm
Length
Service mass 76102 kg
Top speed
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General

Property Buenos Aires Pacific Tipo 20
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Built 1905
Manufacturers North British
Wheel arrangement 4-4-2 (Atlantic)
Gauge 1,676 mm

Dimensions and weights

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Wheelbase 8.20 m
Service mass 76.1 t
Adhesion mass 39 t
Total mass 122.8 t
Rigid wheelbase 15.86 m
Water capacity 18,639 l
Fuel capacity 6.1 t (coal)

Boiler

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Grate area 2.787 m²
Firebox surface 15.794 m²
Tube heating surface 185.249 m²
Evaporative heating surface 201.042 m²
Total heating surface 201.0 m²

Power plant

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Driver diameter 2,045 mm
Boiler pressure 12.1 bar
Expansion type simple expansion
Cylinders two, 495 x 660 mm

Power

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Power source steam
Estimated power 746 kW (1,014 PS)
Starting effort 81.3 kN

Calculated values

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Factor of adhesion 1 : 4.70
Optimal speed 56 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 9.8 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent 280.0 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE 1 : 908.84
Adhesive weight/Total 1 : 1.95
Tractive force/Heating surface 1 : 8.44
Grate area/Heating surface 1 : 72.14
Firebox/Tube surface 1 : 11.73
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