Santa Catharina 2-6-0 Locomotives in Brazil

Class 4 (Locobase 15178)

Data from DeGolyer, Vol 66, pp. 354+. See also "Sugar Production in Brazil,", Louisiana Planter and Sugar Manufacturer, Vol 1, No 14 (5 April 1913), p. 215 and "Estrada de Ferro Santa Catarina," in Joao Emilio Gerodetti and Carlos Cornejo, Railways of Brazil in Postcards and Souvenir Albums (Solaris Press, 2005), p. 193. Works numbers were 52263-52264 in August 1919.

Baldwin sold two pairs of wood-burning locomotives to the E de Fe de Santa Catharina. This first duo represented freight power on a very small scale. They were essentially duplicates of Baldwin 2-6-0s delivered to the Sao Luiz y Caixas (Locobase 14206), although their driving wheelbases were 27" (686 mm) shorter and the engine wheelbases measured 30" less (762 mm).

The state in which the Santa Catharina was located was the only state in southern Brazil in 1909 that was producing sugar for export. Railway construction began after Harry von Skiner obtained the first concession in 1904 for a German-owned railway in Brazil. It would be the only such railway. By the time the LP&S report appeared in April 1913, the "excellent sugar lands" had attracted German investors, who had "taken hold of the sugar industry in earnest." By then the railway extended to Warnow and later to Aquidaban (later Apuina).

World War One caused the revocation of the German concession and the nationalization of the railway.

Growth continued apace, but the railway's infrastructure didn't keep up. By the time of a 22 January 1922 report in the Railway Review (Vol 68, p. 155), the network included some roads that were "badly in need of repair", which led to the federal government entering into negotiations with Santa Catarina State. The state leases the system from the federal government for 30 years.

Class 4 (Locobase 15275)

Data from DeGolyer, Vol 66, pp. 354+. See also "Sugar Production in Brazil,", Louisiana Planter and Sugar Manufacturer, Vol 1, No 14 (5 April 1913), p. 215 and "Estrada de Ferro Santa Catarina," in Joao Emilio Gerodetti and Carlos Cornejo, Railways of Brazil in Postcards and Souvenir Albums (Solaris Press, 2005), p. 193. Works numbers were 52263-52264 in August 1919.

Baldwin sold two pairs of wood-burning locomotives to the E de Fe de Santa Catarina. This first duo represented freight power on a very small scale. They were essentially duplicates of Baldwin 2-6-0s delivered to the Sao Luiz y Caixas (Locobase 14206), although their driving wheelbases were 27" (686 mm) shorter and the engine wheelbases measured 30" less (762 mm).

The state in which the Santa Catarina was located was the only state in southern Brazil in 1909 that was producing sugar for export. Railway construction began after Harry von Skiner obtained the first concession in 1904 for a German-owned railway in Brazil. It would be the only such railway. By the time the LP&S report appeared in April 1913, the "excellent sugar lands" had attracted German investors, who had "taken hold of the sugar industry in earnest." By then the railway extended to Warnow and later to Aquidaban (later Apuina).

World War One caused the revocation of the German concession and the nationalization of the railway.

Growth continued apace, but the railway's infrastructure didn't keep up. By the time of a 22 January 1922 report in the Railway Review (Vol 68, p. 155), the network included some roads that were "badly in need of repair", which led to the federal government entering into negotiations with Santa Catarina State. The state leases the system from the federal government for 30 years.