FC de Yagaujay 2-4-0 Locomotives in Cuba


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 1 (Locobase 12775)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 27, p. 239. Works number was 25264 in March 1905.

A small, wood-burning sugar-plantation engine.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class1
Locobase ID12775
RailroadFC de Yagaujay
CountryCuba
Whyte2-4-0
Number in Class1
Road Numbers1
Gauge70 cm
Number Built1
BuilderBurnham, Williams & Co
Year1905
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 3.75 / 1.14
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) 9.92 / 3.02
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.38
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)22,000 / 9979
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)27,000 / 12,247
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)18,000 / 8165
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)45,000 / 20,412
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)1000 / 3.79
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)18 / 9
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)33 / 838
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)160 / 11
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)9" x 16" / 229x406
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)5341 / 2422.64
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.12
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)68 - 1.5" / 38
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) 8.08 / 2.46
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)29.30 / 2.72
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 6.45 / 0.60
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)243 / 22.58
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)243 / 22.58
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume206.26
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation1032
Same as above plus superheater percentage1032
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area4688
Power L12909
Power MT583.02

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