Central Mabay / Central Macare'o / Central Manuelita 2-6-0 Locomotives in Cuba

Class 1 (Locobase 14789)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 63, p. 362+. Works number was 53856 in October 1920.

Originally ordered by the Central Araujo as their #5, this oil-burning plantation Mogul was resold to Santa Clara Sugar. They sent it to the Central Mabay, a brand-new sugar Central that opened in Santa Clara Province in 1919.

Class 4 (Locobase 14825)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Volume 27, p.70. Works number was 24318 in June 1904.

This sugar mill was located near Palmira at Rodas in Santa Clara Province. By 1909, the mill's railway ran 18 1/2 miles (29.8 km) on 30 lb/yard (15 kg/metre) rails.

This small plantation Mogul was the earlier of the two Baldwins that ran on this Central.

Santa Clara Province was renamed Las Villas in 1940. After the 1959 Revolucion and private-property expropriation, the CM was renamed Catorce de Julio.

Class 4 (Locobase 14928)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 64, p. 401. Works number was 55733 in November 1922.

The CM was based in Camagney Province and had a railway with very gentle profiles including maximum grades of 0.3% and 10 degrees curvature (radii of 361 feet/110 metres).

Class 5 (Locobase 14824)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 64, p. 53. Works number was 53339 in June 1920.

By the time the CM bought the 5, its rail weight had crept up to 35 lb/yard (17.5 kg/metre). Curve radii were tight at 193 feet (58.8 metres). This was an oil-burning plantation Mogul similar to several others operating on Cuban Centrals.

The 5 later moved to the Central Mercedita at Melena del Sur in La Habana Province. After the 1959 Revolucion and expropriation, the CM was renamed for Gregorio Arlee Manalich and the 5 renumbered 1338.