Nordeste “Yatay”
Argentina 1888 32 produced
The Ferrocarril Nordeste Argentino received a large number of locomotives from Neilson in Glasgow when it was founded. These 32 locomotives had the wheel arrangement 0-6-0 and were later converted to 2-6-0. The last surviving representative is the “Yatay”, built in 1888. It has had many upgrades over the years including a coal-fired boiler with a Belpaire firebox in place of the original wood-fired boiler. After more than 90 years in service, it was handed over to the Ferroclub Argentino and remained operational.
Technical data
General
- Built
- 1888
- Manufacturers
- Neilson & Co.
- Wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0 (Mogul)
- Gauge
- 1,000 mm (Meter gauge)
Dimensions and weights
- Wheelbase
- 5.66 m
- Total wheelbase
- 10.69 m
- Service mass
- 33.5 t
- Adhesion mass
- 28.9 t
- Total mass
- 53.4 t
- Rigid wheelbase
- 3.66 m
- Axle load
- 10.4 t
- Water capacity
- 6,299 l
- Fuel capacity
- 5.1 t (wood)
Boiler
- Grate area
- 1.29 m²
- Firebox surface
- 5.86 m²
- Tube heating surface
- 64.932 m²
- Evaporative heating surface
- 70.792 m²
- Total heating surface
- 70.8 m²
Power plant
- Driver diameter
- 1,219 mm
- Boiler pressure
- 9.7 bar
- Expansion type
- simple expansion
- Cylinders
- two, 356 x 559 mm
Power
- Power source
- steam
- Estimated power
- 179 kW (243 PS)
- Starting effort
- 47.6 kN
Calculated values
- Factor of adhesion
- 1 : 5.96
- Optimal speed
- 23 km/h
- Power-to-weight ratio
- 5.3 kW/t
- Heating Surface Equivalent
- 100.1 m²
- Cylinder volume/HSE
- 1 : 1,108.92
- Adhesive weight/Total
- 1 : 1.16
- Tractive force/Heating surface
- 1 : 14.03
- Grate area/Heating surface
- 1 : 54.88
- Firebox/Tube surface
- 1 : 11.08
