Carmen y Loteria 2-6-0 Locomotives in Cuba

Class 2 (Locobase 12890)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 28, p.194. Works number was 27155 in December 1905.

The sugar plantations in Carmen and Loteria (between Havana and Matanzas) were destroyed during the 1890s uprising that eventually resulted in Spain's defeat in the Spanish-American War. Rebuilt after the war, the two towns were the termini of this narrow-gauge road. The #2 was relatively large for a sugar-cane Mogul, although not particularly powerful.

Class 3 (Locobase 14367)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Volume 54, p. 60. Works number was 43335 in May 1916.

Although of almost the same size as the #2 (shown in Locobase 12890) and animated by the same set of power dimensions, this plantation Mogul had fewer, larger-diameter tubes of greater length in a boiler riding on a shorter wheelbase. Certainly the C & L's light construction played a role in these choices. Rails weighed a mere 25 lb/yard (12.5 kg/metre), grades against the loaded trains (i.e., those moving toward the Central) could reach 2%, and curves had a minimum radius of 68 metres (223 feet) or 26 degrees.