Matanzas 4-6-0 Locomotives in Cuba


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 5 (Locobase 13636)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Volume 27, p. 244. Works numbers were 24581, 24619 in August 1904 and 26901-26904, 26912-26913 in November 1905.

These freight Ten-wheelers were identical to a set of passenger 4-6-0s operated by the Toledo, St Louis & Western (Locobase 12485) except for a 12" (305 mm) difference in driver diameter. Locobase figures this shows the central place of templates in Baldwin's integrated manufacturing system.

As for the Matanzas, these were the biggest Baldwins yet to run on that Cuban railway's rails.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class5
Locobase ID13636
RailroadMatanzas
CountryCuba
Whyte4-6-0
Number in Class4
Road Numbers5, 7, 20, 23-26, 48
GaugeStd
Number Built4
BuilderBurnham, Williams & Co
Year1904
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)14 / 4.27
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)24.50 / 7.47
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.57
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)51.50 / 15.70
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)33,175 / 15,048
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)97,000 / 43,999
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)127,000 / 57,606
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)70,000 / 31,752
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)197,000 / 89,358
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)3500 / 13.26
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)54 / 27
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)56 / 1422
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)180 / 12.40
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)19" x 24" / 483x610
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)23,671 / 10737.00
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.10
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)218 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)13.50 / 4.11
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)138 / 12.82
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)27.36 / 2.54
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1669 / 155.05
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1669 / 155.05
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume211.92
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation4925
Same as above plus superheater percentage4925
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area24,840
Power L15032
Power MT343.10

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