Central Santa Ana 0-6-0 Locomotives in Cuba


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 4 (Locobase 14929)

Data from DeGolyer, Vol 64, pp. 403. Works number was 57211 in September 1923.

The West India Sugar Finance Corporation bought this for a railway that had minimum curve radii of 131 feet (39.9 metres) or 43.7 degrees.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class4
Locobase ID14929
RailroadCentral Santa Ana
CountryCuba
Whyte0-6-0
Number in Class1
Road Numbers4
GaugeStd
Number Built1
BuilderBaldwin
Year1923
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 9.50 / 2.90
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) 9.50 / 2.90
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase1
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)34 / 10.36
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)55,000 / 24,948
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)55,000 / 24,948
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)45,500 / 20,638
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)100,500 / 45,586
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)2000 / 7.58
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)1000 / 3785
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)31 / 15.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)36 / 914
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)160 / 11
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)14" x 16" / 356x406
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)11,847 / 5373.72
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.64
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)107 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) 9.50 / 2.90
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)67 / 6.23
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)17 / 1.58
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)595 / 55.30
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)595 / 55.30
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume208.72
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation2720
Same as above plus superheater percentage2720
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area10,720
Power L13132
Power MT376.63

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