Cardenas & Jucaro 4-4-0 Locomotives in Cuba


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 11 (Locobase 12834)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Vol 28, p. 123. Works numbers in 1905 not available.

When these two American-type Eight-wheelers were purchased, the C & J had already built several lines with Cardenas (175 miles east of Habana in Matanzas Province) as the hub for most of them. Branches to Santo Domingo, Santa Clara, Yaguaramas, and Recreo to Itabo (off the Yaguaramas line) served many of the largest sugar plantations.

The relatively high drivers and the simultaneous order of 8 Moguls indicate the purely passenger-hauling role this pair played.


Class 5 (Locobase 11534)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines, 1903, as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Vol 26, p. 147. Works number was 23241 in November 1903.

Gene Connelly's Baldwin list shows only the one 4-4-0 for this order, but the Specifications show that there were to be two - 5 and 6 as does DeGolyer's list of erecting drawings.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class115
Locobase ID12834 11534
RailroadCardenas & JucaroCardenas & Jucaro
CountryCubaCuba
Whyte4-4-04-4-0
Number in Class22
Road Numbers11-125-6
GaugeStdStd
Number Built22
BuilderBurnham, Williams & CoBurnham, Williams & Co
Year19051903
Valve GearStephensonStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)9 / 2.74 8.75 / 2.67
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)23.25 / 7.0923.42 / 7.14
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.39 0.37
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)68,000 / 30,84465,000 / 29,484
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)104,000 / 47,174103,000 / 58,967
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)70,000 / 31,75260,000 / 27,216
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)174,000 / 78,926163,000 / 86,183
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)3500 / 13.263000 / 11.36
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)57 / 28.5054 / 27
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)66 / 167666 / 1676
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)180 / 1240160 / 1100
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)17" x 24" / 432x61018" x 24" / 457x610
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)16,079 / 7293.3216,023 / 7267.92
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.23 4.06
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)215 - 2" / 51244 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)10.75 / 3.2811.50 / 3.51
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)159 / 14.78138.50 / 12.87
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)15.90 / 1.4817.50 / 1.63
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1357 / 126.121594 / 148.14
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1357 / 126.121594 / 148.14
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume215.23225.50
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation28622800
Same as above plus superheater percentage28622800
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area28,62022,160
Power L167585693
Power MT438.20386.18

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