Ingenio San Agustin 2-8-0 Locomotives in Cuba


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 3 (Locobase 11708)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Vol 16, p. 147. Works numbers were 11375-11376 in November 1890.

The Central San Agustin for which these little (tiny, practically HO) Consolidations were ordered was the skinniest of several Cuban plantation railroads so named in the late 19th Century. The light rail (30-45 lb/yard) wound some 31 1/4 miles near Las Lajas.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class3
Locobase ID11708
RailroadIngenio San Agustin
CountryCuba
Whyte2-8-0
Number in Class2
Road Numbers3-4
Gauge2'6"
Number Built2
BuilderBurnham, Parry, Williams & Co
Year1890
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)11.42 / 3.48
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)23 / 7.01
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.50
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)46.23 / 14.09
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)36,000 / 16,329
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)43,000 / 19,504
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)1000 / 3.79
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)15 / 7.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)36 / 914
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)130 / 900
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)12" x 18" / 305x457
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)7956 / 3608.79
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.52
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)61 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)10.25 / 3.12
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)42 / 3.90
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)9 / 0.84
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)369 / 34.29
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)369 / 34.29
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume156.61
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation1170
Same as above plus superheater percentage1170
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area5460
Power L11917
Power MT469.58

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