Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Volume 27, p.302. See also William Dickson Boyce, United States colonies and dependencies, illustrated (Rand McNally, 1914), p.554-555. Works numbers were 27109 in December 1905, 28332-28334 in June 1906, 28650-28651 in July 1907, 28805 in August, 32980-32981 in September.
According to William Dickson Boyce, the future of Cuba in 1914 lay in Nipe Bay: "Five colossal companies are interested there in sugar and banana plantations, citrus orchards, iron mines, and the Cuba Railway, with its model town, Antilla."
Boyce was an unashamed booster of prospects for enlightented Americans: "In the Nipe Bay district and elsewhere there is ample proof of the success of the big companies in Cuba. The success of the colonies and the individual colonists is, as I have intimated before, largely a matter of good judgment and good management. The quality that spells success in Cuba includes wisdom in purchasing good land and not taking worthless ground."
The Nipe Bay railway had 70 miles of line and this set of Baldwin Moguls satisfied requirements for a while. Then the NBR sold the engines to United Fruit, which operated them on the Central Preston. According to a 1909 survey, the CPR ran from the sugar mill to a wharf at Punta Tabaco and west to Rio Nipe over 25 miles of line.
| Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | 2 |
| Locobase ID | 12799 |
| Railroad | Nipe Bay |
| Country | Cuba |
| Whyte | 2-6-0 |
| Number in Class | 9 |
| Road Numbers | 2-10 |
| Gauge | Std |
| Number Built | 9 |
| Builder | Burnham, Parry, Williams & Co |
| Year | 1905 |
| Valve Gear | Stephenson |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 13.33 / 4.06 |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 20.67 / 6.30 |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 0.64 |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
| Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 71,000 / 32,205 |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 86,000 / 39,009 |
| Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | 69,000 / 31,298 |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | 155,000 / 70,307 |
| 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) | 39 / 19.50 |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 54 / 1372 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 160 / 1100 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 16" x 24" / 406x610 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 15,474 / 7018.90 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 4.59 |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 165 - 2" / 51 |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 10.73 / 3.27 |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 107 / 9.94 |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 22 / 2.04 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1027 / 95.45 |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1027 / 95.45 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 183.88 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 3520 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 3520 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 17,120 |
| Power L1 | 4027 |
| Power MT | 375.13 |