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Italian State Railway classes 470 and 471

No. 4799, later 470.099

One of the first locomotive types designed after the founding of the FS was a heavy freight locomotive for mountain lines. To get maximum traction, it was designed with five axles, all of which were coupled. The locom...

Italian State Railway classes 470 and 471Remove
Variant
470
Built 1907-1911
Manufacturers Maffei;Officine Meccaniche;Breda;OM Napoli
Wheel arrangement E
Gauge 1435 mm
Length 20565 mm
Service mass 74800 kg
Top speed 50 km/h
Power
Engine

General

Property Italian State Railway classes 470 and 471
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Built 1907-1911
Manufacturers Maffei, Officine Meccaniche, Breda, OM Napoli
Wheel arrangement 0-10-0 (Ten-coupled)
Gauge 1,435 mm

Dimensions and weights

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Length 20.57 m
Wheelbase 6.00 m
Total wheelbase 15.24 m
Empty mass 64 t
Service mass 74.8 t
Adhesion mass 74.8 t
Total mass 102.4 t
Rigid wheelbase 3.00 m
Axle load 15.1 t
Water capacity 13,000 l
Fuel capacity 4 t (coal)

Boiler

Property Italian State Railway classes 470 and 471
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Grate area 3.5 m²
Firebox surface 12 m²
Tube heating surface 207.5 m²
Evaporative heating surface 219.5 m²
Total heating surface 219.5 m²

Power plant

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Driver diameter 1,370 mm
Boiler pressure 16 bar
Expansion type compound
Cylinders four, HP: 375 x 610 mm and LP: 610 x 610 mm

Power

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Power source steam
Estimated power 850 kW (1,156 PS)
Top speed 50 km/h
Starting effort 123.6 kN
Starting effort simple 148.3 kN

Calculated values

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Factor of adhesion 1 : 5.94
Optimal speed 42 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 11.4 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent 279.5 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE 1 : 1,119.91
Adhesive weight/Total 1 : 1.00
Tractive force/Heating surface 1 : 11.76
Grate area/Heating surface 1 : 62.71
Firebox/Tube surface 1 : 17.29
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