Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Volume 25, p. 264. Works number was 21599 in February 1903.
The town of Nuevitas was about 45 miles from Puerto Principe on the northeast coast of Cuba and the PP&N was described in 1905 as the oldest railroad in Cuba. The US analysis also included the assertion that Puerto Principe was the first place visited by Columbus -- on 28 October 1492 -- during his first trip to the Americas. (He didn't use the train at any point.)
La Republica was delivered as a wood burner, but the specs noted that it was converted to an oil-burning engine very shortly after it arrived. The Nuevitas was later absorbed by the Ferrocarriles del Norte de Cuba.
| Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | La Republica |
| Locobase ID | 12677 |
| Railroad | Puerto Principe & Nuevitas |
| Country | Cuba |
| Whyte | 2-6-0 |
| Number in Class | 1 |
| Road Numbers | 11 |
| Gauge | Std |
| Number Built | 1 |
| Builder | Burnham, Williams & Co |
| Year | 1903 |
| Valve Gear | Stephenson |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 15 / 4.57 |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 22.67 / 6.91 |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 0.66 |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | 43 / 13.11 |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
| Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 80,000 / 36,287 |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 96,000 / 43,545 |
| Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | 59,000 / 26,762 |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | 155,000 / 70,307 |
| Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 2800 / 10.61 |
| Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | |
| Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 44 / 22 |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 55.60 / 1412 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 160 / 1100 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 17" x 24" / 432x610 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 16,966 / 7695.66 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 4.72 |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 204 - 2" / 51 |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 11 / 3.35 |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 122.80 / 11.41 |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 17 / 1.58 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1289 / 119.80 |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1289 / 119.80 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 204.44 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 2720 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 2720 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 19,648 |
| Power L1 | 4475 |
| Power MT | 369.96 |