Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Volume 64, pp. 289. Works numbers were 52942-52945 in February 1920.
Rolled into the same order that produced the five 2-8-0s for the Cuban Cane Sugar Company in early 1920 (Locobase 14897), this quartet of oil-fired, superheated plantation Consolidations went to the Central Tuinucu, which was located near Sancti Spiritus in Santa Clara Province. They admitted steam through 11" (279 mm) piston valves. Apparently the 2 remained with the Central Tuinucu until it was retired. The 3 was sent to the Central Stewart, which was renamed after the 1959 Revolucion and nationalization for Venezuela; the engine was given number 1739 to go with two others from the same production batch. The 4 went to the Central Baraguá in Camagney Province. When that central was renamed for Ecuador, the 4 was renumbered 1821. 5 joined several other 2-8-0s of identical design on the Central Moron. It was renumbered 1827 when the CM was renamed for Ciro Redondo.
Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | 2 |
| Locobase ID | 14904 |
| Railroad | Tuinucu Sugar Company |
| Country | Cuba |
| Whyte | 2-8-0 |
| Number in Class | 4 |
| Road Numbers | 2-5 |
| Gauge | Std |
| Number Built | 4 |
| Builder | Baldwin |
| Year | 1920 |
| Valve Gear | various |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 14.50 / 4.42 |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 22.17 / 6.76 |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 0.65 |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | 56.05 / 17.08 |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
| Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 116,800 / 52,980 |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 133,200 / 60,419 |
| Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | 106,500 / 48,308 |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | 239,700 / 108,727 |
| Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 5000 / 18.94 |
| Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | 2000 / 7570 |
| Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 49 / 24.50 |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 50 / 1270 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 180 / 12.40 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 20" x 24" / 508x610 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 29,376 / 13324.75 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 3.98 |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 128 - 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) | 142 / 13.20 |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 29.70 / 2.76 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1312 / 121.93 |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 258 / 23.98 |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1570 / 145.91 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 150.34 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 5346 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 6201 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 29,650 |
| Power L1 | 7467 |
| Power MT | 563.76 |