Ingenio Purio 2-6-0 Locomotives in Cuba


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 3 (Locobase 12092)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Vol 19, p. 50. Works number was 13835 in November 1893.

Maicas & Company were the agents that procured this little wood-burning Mogul for sugar-plantation service.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class3
Locobase ID12092
RailroadIngenio Purio
CountryCuba
Whyte2-6-0
Number in Class1
Road Numbers3
Gauge2'6"
Number Built1
BuilderBurnham, Williams & Co
Year1893
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 6.67 / 2.03
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)12.42 / 3.79
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.54
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)27.71 / 8.45
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
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)
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)33.50 / 851
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)130 / 9
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)10" x 16" / 254x406
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)5278 / 2394.06
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort)
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)55 - 1.75" / 44
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)9 / 2.74
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)36 / 3.35
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)11 / 1.02
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)366 / 34.01
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)366 / 34.01
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume251.64
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation1430
Same as above plus superheater percentage1430
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area4680
Power L12725
Power MT

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