2-6-0 Steam Locomotives in Cuba

Jucaro a Moron


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 18 (Locobase 14027)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 44, p. 316.

There can't be too many connections between the Wichita Falls railroads of the early 20th Century and this former military railroad on the big Caribbean island. So it's coincidence probably brought about by similar requirements that led to Baldwin's duplicating the 1909 Consolidations for the Kansas roads (see Locobases 13323-13324) in response to the Cuban railroad's order.

When the J a M was completed in 1872, it linked the two cities over 68 km (42 miles). The line of fortifications it served were regarded as the most substantial in all of 19th Century Cuba.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class18
Locobase ID14027
RailroadJucaro a Moron
CountryCuba
Whyte2-6-0
Number in Class4
Road Numbers18
GaugeStd
Number Built4
BuilderBaldwin
Year1912
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)13 / 3.96
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)20.71 / 6.31
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.63
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)45.75 / 13.94
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)100,900 / 45,768
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)116,600 / 52,889
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)66,000 / 29,937
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)182,600 / 82,826
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)3000 / 11.36
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)6 / 6
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)56 / 28
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)56 / 1422
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)180 / 1240
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)18" x 26" / 457x660
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)23,016 / 10439.89
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.38
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)243 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)11 / 3.35
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)135 / 12.54
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)22.40 / 2.08
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1524 / 141.58
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1524 / 141.58
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume199.02
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation4032
Same as above plus superheater percentage4032
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area24,300
Power L14824
Power MT316.21

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