Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Volume 18, p.54. Works numbers were 12891-12892, 12948, 12953 in September 1892. See also Oscar Zanetti Lecuona, Alejandro Garcfa Alvarez, Sugar & railroads: a Cuban history, 1837-1959 (U of North Carolina Press, 1998 (translation)), pp. 236, et seq.
The Matanzas ran along the North Coast of Cuba north of Havana. Operating in a lush sugar-growing region, the railroad also cooperated with the sugar companies "in an optimal way" like nowhere else in Cuba, according to Zanetti and Garcia. Run by Tirson Mesa, the only Cuban to head up a Cuban railroad, the lines were well-built on a gentle profile. These relatively large Moguls might be seen to reflect the prosperity of the Matanzas in the decade preceding the Cuban Revolution that accompanied the Spanish-American War.
Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | 29 |
| Locobase ID | 12041 |
| Railroad | Matanzas |
| Country | Cuba |
| Whyte | 2-6-0 |
| Number in Class | 4 |
| Road Numbers | 29, 31, 45-46 |
| Gauge | Std |
| Number Built | 4 |
| Builder | Burnham, Williams & Co |
| Year | 1892 |
| Valve Gear | Stephenson |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 13 / 3.96 |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 20.72 / 6.32 |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 0.63 |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
| Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 96,000 / 43,545 |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 112,000 / 50,802 |
| 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) | 53 / 26.50 |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 54 / 1372 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 160 / 11 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 19" x 24" / 483x610 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 21,820 / 9897.40 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 4.40 |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 200 - 2" / 51 |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 11 / 3.35 |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 120.70 / 11.21 |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 22.30 / 2.07 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1263 / 117.34 |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1263 / 117.34 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 160.36 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 3568 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 3568 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 19,312 |
| Power L1 | 3413 |
| Power MT | 235.14 |