FC de Girardot No. 12 to 14
FC Cundinamarca No. 9 to 11
In 1909, the Columbian National Railway received three Kitson-Meyer locomotives for use on the Girardot line. Their works numbers were 4671 to 4673. In most respects they similar to other locomotives delivered to other South American railways in the 1890s and early 1900s. They rode on two three-axle bogies, both with two 14 by 18 inch cylinders on the rear. The drivers had a diameter of only 2 feet and 10 3/4 inches.
On the level, they could theoretically haul 2,750 tons. But as the Girardot had an altitude difference of more than 2,000 metres, they had actually been designed for steep grades. So they were rated for 719 tons at one percent and 185 tons at four percent. Later the three locomotives became Ferrocarril de Cundinamarca No. 9 to 11. The withdrawal years for all locomotives are difficult to obtain, but it is known that the second one was withdrawn in 1953,
Technical data
General
- Built
- 1909
- Manufacturers
- Kitson & Co.
- Wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0+0-6-0T (Kitson-Meyer)
- Gauge
- 914 mm (Three feet)
Dimensions and weights
- Total wheelbase
- 7.95 m
- Service mass
- 62.9 t
- Adhesion mass
- 62.9 t
- Rigid wheelbase
- 1.98 m
- Water capacity
- 6,511 l
Boiler
- Grate area
- 2.399 m²
- Firebox surface
- 9.497 m²
- Tube heating surface
- 96.785 m²
- Evaporative heating surface
- 106.281 m²
- Total heating surface
- 106.3 m²
Power plant
- Driver diameter
- 883 mm
- Boiler pressure
- 11 bar
- Expansion type
- simple expansion
- Cylinders
- four, 356 x 457 mm
Power
- Power source
- steam
- Estimated power
- 447 kW (608 PS)
- Starting effort
- 122.8 kN
Calculated values
- Factor of adhesion
- 1 : 5.02
- Optimal speed
- 23 km/h
- Power-to-weight ratio
- 7.1 kW/t
- Heating Surface Equivalent
- 153.8 m²
- Cylinder volume/HSE
- 1 : 1,181.18
- Adhesive weight/Total
- 1 : 1.00
- Tractive force/Heating surface
- 1 : 24.14
- Grate area/Heating surface
- 1 : 44.30
- Firebox/Tube surface
- 1 : 10.19