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Spanish State Railways 240.2471 to 2717

240.2517, ex MZA 2437

These locomotives were the ultimate development of the Spanish Mastodons. They had a driver diameter of 1,630 mm for mixed traffic and a more powerful boiler with a grate in excess of five square metres and a pressure...

Spanish State Railways 240.2471 to 2717Remove
Variant Standard
Built 1935, 1941-1953
Manufacturers MTM;Euskalduna;Babcock & Wilcox;Devis;MACOSA
Wheel arrangement 2D
Gauge 1668 mm
Length
Service mass 105800 kg
Top speed
Power
Engine

General

Property Spanish State Railways 240.2471 to 2717
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Built 1935, 1941-1953
Manufacturers MTM, Euskalduna, Babcock & Wilcox, Devis, MACOSA
Wheel arrangement 4-8-0 (Twelve-wheeler)
Gauge 1,668 mm

Dimensions and weights

Property Spanish State Railways 240.2471 to 2717
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Wheelbase 14.23 m
Total wheelbase 20.45 m
Service mass 105.8 t
Adhesion mass 78.8 t
Total mass 190 t
Rigid wheelbase 6.20 m
Axle load 20.4 t
Water capacity 33,500 l
Fuel capacity 10 t (coal)

Boiler

Property Spanish State Railways 240.2471 to 2717
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Grate area 5.25 m²
Firebox surface 18.1 m²
Tube heating surface 215.9 m²
Evaporative heating surface 234 m²
Superheater surface 73.8 m²
Total heating surface 307.8 m²

Power plant

Property Spanish State Railways 240.2471 to 2717
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Driver diameter 1,630 mm
Boiler pressure 17 bar
Expansion type simple expansion
Cylinders two, 610 x 710 mm

Power

Property Spanish State Railways 240.2471 to 2717
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Power source steam
Indicated power 1,876 kW (2,551 PS)
Starting effort 234.2 kN

Calculated values

Property Spanish State Railways 240.2471 to 2717
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Factor of adhesion 1 : 3.30
Optimal speed 48 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 17.7 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent 472.1 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE 1 : 879.03
Adhesive weight/Total 1 : 1.34
Tractive force/Heating surface 1 : 15.89
Grate area/Heating surface 1 : 58.63
Firebox/Tube surface 1 : 11.93
Total/Superheater 1 : 3.17
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