FC de Sagua la Grande 2-6-0 Locomotives in Cuba


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 16 (Locobase 11572)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines, 1888, as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Vol 15, p. 9. Works numbers were 9800-9801 in February 1889.

What did the RF&P, a small railroad in Alabama, and a sugar road have in common? Well, a look at Locobases 11570-11572 show at least two shared qualities: The engines were built nearly seriatum in Philadelphia in 1889 and they all used the same grate. Firebox areas differed a little and the boiler more so, but all were 6-drivered freight engines.

The two Moguls shown in this entry went to a sugar-tobacco road of moderate size (137 km/85 miles, 70,000 tons of sugar, 2,100 tons of tobacco, and 230,000 passengers) in western Cuba.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class16
Locobase ID11572
RailroadFC de Sagua la Grande
CountryCuba
Whyte2-6-0
Number in Class2
Road Numbers16-17
GaugeStd
Number Built2
BuilderBurnham, Parry, Williams & Co
Year1889
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)15 / 4.57
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)22.67 / 6.91
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.66
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)75,000 / 34,019
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)90,000 / 40,823
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)3000 / 11.36
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)42 / 21
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)54 / 1372
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)130 / 900
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)18" x 24" / 457x610
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)15,912 / 7217.57
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.71
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)204 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)10.99 / 3.35
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)121.50 / 11.29
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)16.75 / 1.56
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1288 / 119.70
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1288 / 119.70
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume182.21
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation2178
Same as above plus superheater percentage2178
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area15,795
Power L13137
Power MT276.64

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