Central El Salvador 2-6-0 Locomotives in Cuba


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class Colombia (Locobase 13075)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 30, p. 155. Works number was 33963 in October 1909.

American Trading Company ordered an interesting mixed pair of locomotives for sugar plantations in March 1906 that weren't delivered for more than three years. The engine shown in the present entry represented a design with fewer, larger-diameter tubes than the Mogul shown in Locobase 13076, although both had the same firebox.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
ClassColombia
Locobase ID13075
RailroadCentral El Salvador
CountryCuba
Whyte2-6-0
Number in Class1
Road Numbers3
Gauge2'6"
Number Built1
BuilderBurnham, Williams & Co
Year1909
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 8.33 / 2.54
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)14.33 / 4.37
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.58
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)29,000 / 13,154
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)35,000 / 15,876
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)16,000 / 7257
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)51,000 / 23,133
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)800 / 3.03
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)16 / 8
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)36 / 914
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)150 / 1030
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)11" x 16" / 279x406
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)6857 / 3110.29
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.23
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)72 - 1.75" / 44
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) 7.73 / 2.36
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)41.40 / 3.85
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 7.17 / 0.67
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)298 / 27.70
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)298 / 27.70
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume169.33
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation1076
Same as above plus superheater percentage1076
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area6210
Power L12583
Power MT589.09

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