Central Andreita 2-8-0 Locomotives in Cuba


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 4 (Locobase 12832)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Vol 28, p. 108. Works numbers were 26791 in December 1905 and 29761 in December 1906.

Dinky little Consolidations for this narrow, narrow gauge sugar-plantation road in Cienfuegos Province. They were ordered by Krajewski-Pesant, a broker responsible for many of the sugar-cane engines exported to Central America and the Caribbean in these years.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class4
Locobase ID12832
RailroadCentral Andreita
CountryCuba
Whyte2-8-0
Number in Class2
Road Numbers4-5
Gauge2'6"
Number Built2
BuilderBurnham, Williams & Co
Year1905
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)11.42 / 3.48
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)17.17 / 5.23
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.67
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)37 / 11.28
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)38,000 / 17,237
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)45,000 / 20,412
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)24,000 / 10,886
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)69,000 / 31,298
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)1200 / 4.55
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)16 / 8
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)36 / 914
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)150 / 1030
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)12" x 18" / 305x457
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)9180 / 4163.98
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.14
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)70 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)10.25 / 3.12
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)52 / 4.83
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 9.33 / 0.87
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)425 / 39.50
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)425 / 39.50
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume180.38
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation1400
Same as above plus superheater percentage1400
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area7800
Power L12617
Power MT607.31

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