New Niquero Sugar Company 2-6-0 Locomotives in Cuba


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 2 (Locobase 13631)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 44, p. 280, Vol 54 p. 80, Vol 64, pp. 275. See also Cesar J Ayala, American sugar kingdom: the plantation economy of the Spanish Caribbean 1898-1934 (University of North Carolina Press, 1999). Works numbers were 38408 in September 1912, 41654 in August 1914, 47289 in December 1917.

See 13630 for a description of the large New Niquero plantation owned by Cuban American Sugar Company. The company bought the same design of plantation Mogul as singles in several years.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class2
Locobase ID13631
RailroadNew Niquero Sugar Company
CountryCuba
Whyte2-6-0
Number in Class2
Road Numbers2, 4, 6
Gauge3'
Number Built2
BuilderBaldwin
Year1912
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 9.67 / 2.95
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)15.92 / 4.85
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.61
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)36.92 / 11.25
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)49,000 / 22,226
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)58,000 / 26,308
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)44,000 / 19,958
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)102,000 / 46,266
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)2200 / 8.33
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)5 / 5
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)27 / 13.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)42 / 1067
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)160 / 1100
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)14" x 18" / 356x457
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)11,424 / 5181.85
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.29
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)153 - 1.75" / 44
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) 8.62 / 2.63
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)71 / 6.60
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)12.50 / 1.16
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)669 / 62.15
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)669 / 62.15
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume208.60
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation2000
Same as above plus superheater percentage2000
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area11,360
Power L13576
Power MT482.68

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