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Madagascar Railway No. 35 to 40 and 61 to 68

Madagascar 1916 14 produced
Locomotive Cyclopedia of American Practice, 1922 PD

The first five Mallets for the Madagascar Railway were built in 1916 by Baldwin and carried the works numbers 44331 to 44334, 44609 and 44610. They had to be suitable for the winding lines between the east coast and the capital Antananarivo. Requirements included the ability to haul a 110-tonne train up a 2.5 percent incline at 12 km/h. They had two groups of two axles each and water tanks along the sides of the boiler, while the wood was stored in an additional tender. A Belpaire firebox was used to better utilize the heat of the wood.

The six locomotives of the original Baldwin variant were numbered 35 to 40. Nine years later, they ordered eight more with a superheater. Now, the order went to SACM in France. These locomotives carried the works numbers 7391 to 7398 and were numbered 61 to 68 by the railway. The high pressure cylinders now had a diameter that was 20 mm bigger.

Technical data

General

Property 35-40 61-68
Built 1916 1925
Manufacturers Baldwin SACM
Wheel arrangement 0-4-4-0T (Four Coupled Mallet)
Gauge 1,000 mm (Meter gauge)

Dimensions and weights

Property 35-40 61-68
Wheelbase 4.67 m
Total wheelbase 9.12 m 9.20 m
Service mass 32 t 32.6 t
Adhesion mass 32 t 32.6 t
Total mass 42.5 t 43.5 t
Rigid wheelbase 1.40 m
Axle load 8 t 8.2 t
Water capacity 1,900 l 2,100 l
Fuel capacity 3 t (wood)

Boiler

Property 35-40 61-68
Grate area 1.19 m²
Firebox surface 6.44 m² 6.45 m²
Tube heating surface 64.82 m² 50.24 m²
Evaporative heating surface 71.26 m² 56.69 m²
Total heating surface 71.3 m² 73.5 m²
Superheater surface 16.85 m²

Power plant

Property 35-40 61-68
Driver diameter 1,010 mm
Boiler pressure 12 bar
Expansion type simple expansion
Cylinders four, 280 x 500 mm four, 300 x 500 mm

Power

Property 35-40 61-68
Power source steam
Estimated power 250 kW (340 PS) 300 kW (408 PS)
Starting effort 79.2 kN 90.9 kN

Calculated values

Property 35-40 61-68
Factor of adhesion 1 : 3.96 1 : 3.52
Optimal speed 19 km/h 21 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 7.8 kW/t 9.2 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent 103.5 m² 122.6 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE 1 : 1,190.32 1 : 1,152.74
Adhesive weight/Total 1 : 1.00
Tractive force/Heating surface 1 : 23.21 1 : 25.81
Grate area/Heating surface 1 : 59.88 1 : 61.80
Firebox/Tube surface 1 : 10.07 1 : 7.79
Total/Superheater 1 : 3.36
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