Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 63, p 354. Works number was 47545 in January 1918.
See Locobase 14785 for a full discussion of the quality of fuel and the implications for firebox design in the Central Algodones locomotive that was built to identical specs at the same time as this plantation Consolidation.
Central La Vega opened in early 1915 at Guayos near Sancti Spiritus. The Cuba Review (Vol XIII (December 1914), p. 31) allowed the builders to preen a little regarding the success of their venture: "These gentlemen were greatly ridiculed by their planter friends for permitting themselves to believe the preposterous claim of any engineers that they could complete a new sugar "central" in four months, but they never wavered in their confidence and their financial support, and finally had the satisfaction of seeing that confidence justified and having the last laugh on their side."
| Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | 1 |
| Locobase ID | 14786 |
| Railroad | La Vega Sugar Company |
| Country | Cuba |
| Whyte | 2-8-0 |
| Number in Class | 1 |
| Road Numbers | 1 |
| Gauge | Std |
| Number Built | 1 |
| Builder | Baldwin |
| Year | 1918 |
| Valve Gear | Walschaert |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 12.17 / 3.71 |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 19.67 / 6 |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 0.62 |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | 48.96 / 14.92 |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
| Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 105,300 / 47,763 |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 118,900 / 53,932 |
| Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | 120,000 / 54,431 |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | 238,900 / 108,363 |
| Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 6000 / 22.73 |
| Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | 2500 / 9463 |
| Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 44 / 22 |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 42 / 1067 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 180 / 1240 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 18" x 22" / 457x559 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 25,966 / 11777.99 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 4.06 |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 109 - 2" / 51 |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | 18 - 5.375" / 137 |
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 12.75 / 3.89 |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 127 / 11.80 |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 25 / 2.32 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1170 / 108.74 |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 259 / 24.07 |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1429 / 132.81 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 180.57 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 4500 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 5310 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 26,975 |
| Power L1 | 8043 |
| Power MT | 673.57 |