Chilean State Railway tipo 48
Chile 1905 13 produced
In 1905, the Chilean State Railways received 13 4-4-0 locomotives from Borsig of Berlin. They were called Tipo 48 and received the numbers from 330 to 333 and from 352 and 360. With a driver diameter of 72.75 inches, they were designed for higher speeds, compared to the 4-6-0 locomotives built at the same time with the same boiler and cylinders.
Technical data
General
- Built
- 1905
- Manufacturers
- Borsig
- Wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0 (American)
- Gauge
- 1,676 mm (Indian broad gauge)
Dimensions and weights
- Length
- 16.02 m
- Wheelbase
- 6.48 m
- Empty mass
- 41.2 t
- Service mass
- 46.2 t
- Adhesion mass
- 29.5 t
- Total mass
- 81.8 t
- Rigid wheelbase
- 2.60 m
- Axle load
- 14.7 t
- Water capacity
- 12,049 l
- Fuel capacity
- 5.1 t (coal)
Boiler
- Grate area
- 2.276 m²
- Evaporative heating surface
- 116.129 m²
- Total heating surface
- 116.1 m²
Power plant
- Driver diameter
- 1,848 mm
- Boiler pressure
- 11 bar
- Expansion type
- simple expansion
- Cylinders
- two, 457 x 660 mm
Power
- Power source
- steam
- Estimated power
- 410 kW (557 PS)
- Starting effort
- 70.1 kN
Calculated values
- Factor of adhesion
- 1 : 4.13
- Optimal speed
- 35 km/h
- Power-to-weight ratio
- 8.9 kW/t
- Adhesive weight/Total
- 1 : 1.57
- Tractive force/Heating surface
- 1 : 12.60
- Grate area/Heating surface
- 1 : 51.02
