Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 54 p. 37. See also Cesar J Ayala, American sugar kingdom: the plantation economy of the Spanish Caribbean 1898-1934 (University of North Carolina Press, 1999). Works number was 41675 in September 1914.
Identical to a pair of locomotives delivered to Brazil almost 20 years earlier (Locobase 12166), the only real change in the 5 was an increase in boiler pressure. New Niquero was another of the Cuban American Sugar Company's many plantations. Ayala notes (p. 81) that it was a big estate, controlling about 67,000 acres of land (and 8,500 acres of colono cane) near Manzanillo in eastern Cuba. Its internal railroad system, on which the 5 served, led directly to its own seaport. After the 1959 Revolucion and nationalization, the Nuevo Niquero would be renamed for Roberto Ramirez Delgado.
Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | 5 |
| Locobase ID | 13630 |
| Railroad | New Niquero Sugar Company |
| Country | Cuba |
| Whyte | 2-4-2ST |
| Number in Class | 1 |
| Road Numbers | 5 |
| Gauge | 3' |
| Number Built | 1 |
| Builder | Baldwin |
| Year | 1914 |
| Valve Gear | Stephenson |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 4 / 1.22 |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 15 / 4.57 |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 0.27 |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | 15 / 4.57 |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
| Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 22,000 / 9979 |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 36,000 / 16,329 |
| Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | 36,000 / 16,329 |
| Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 400 / 1.52 |
| 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) | 37 / 940 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 160 / 11 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 9" x 14" / 229x356 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 4168 / 1890.58 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 5.28 |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 55 - 1.75" / 44 |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 6.82 / 2.08 |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 27 / 2.51 |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 6.30 / 0.59 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 197 / 18.30 |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 197 / 18.30 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 191.11 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 1008 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 1008 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 4320 |
| Power L1 | 3178 |
| Power MT | 636.93 |