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Chilean State Railway grupo 20

Chilean State Railway tipo R

Chile 1897 10 produced
No. 3087 on display at Quinta Normal Martin Coombs / www.railwaysofthefarsouth.co.uk

In 1897, W.R. Grace ordered four metre-gauge Consolidations from Rogers for the Chilean State Railways to be used on the Red Norte. They were originally numbered 19 to 22 and were followed by numbers 33 to 38 in 1900. Both batches had some differences, most notably in the shape of the windows and roof of the cab. The class was soon known as grupo 20 and later became tipo R.

As early as in 1902 they were renumbered 298 to 300 and 303 to 307. The renumbering only encompassed eight locomotives, the other two had most likely been borrowed to the Dirección de Obras Públicas. With the next renumbering to 3081 to 3090, the ten were again complete under the same operator. They spent most of their life on the La Calera to Palquico section and came under the supervision of the Ferrocarril de Coquimbo in 1951. Today only 3087 survives on static display in the Parque Quinta Normal in the Santiago area.

Martin Coombs / www.railwaysofthefarsouth.co.uk

Technical data

General

Built
1897, 1900
Manufacturers
Rogers
Wheel arrangement
2-8-0 (Consolidation)
Gauge
1,000 mm (Meter gauge)

Dimensions and weights

Wheelbase
5.51 m
Service mass
33.6 t
Adhesion mass
30.8 t
Rigid wheelbase
3.71 m
Axle load
7.7 t
Water capacity
5,678 l

Boiler

Grate area
1.171 m²
Firebox surface
6.981 m²
Tube heating surface
79.884 m²
Evaporative heating surface
86.864 m²
Total heating surface
86.9 m²

Power plant

Driver diameter
991 mm
Boiler pressure
13.8 bar
Expansion type
simple expansion
Cylinders
two, 406 x 457 mm

Power

Power source
steam
Estimated power
261 kW
Starting effort
89.3 kN

Calculated values

Factor of adhesion
1 : 3.39
Optimal speed
18 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio
7.8 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent
121.8 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE
1 : 974.08
Adhesive weight/Total
1 : 1.09
Tractive force/Heating surface
1 : 21.48
Grate area/Heating surface
1 : 74.18
Firebox/Tube surface
1 : 11.44
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