Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 39, p 217. Works numbers were 36973-36976 in September 1911.
Bought to serve the newly building National Railway of Haiti, these moderately scaled Ten-wheelers traversed the 142-km (88-statute-mile) main line between Port-au-Prince north to St Marc, then up the Artibonite River valley to Hinche, on to the port of Cape Haitien on the north coast and ultimately to Bahon.
The system was built by J P MacDonald under a contract (La contrat de la Honte) that included the right to develop banana plantations in a strip 20 km (6 miles) to either side of the right of way and which provided for little if any compensation to the Haitian government for 50 years. The agreement prompted protests by both the German community within Haiti and the Cacos rebels who undertook a rebellion against US influence in 1911. Unrest would lead in 1915 to periodic occupation by US forces for nearly 2 decades.
| Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | 3 |
| Locobase ID | 13852 |
| Railroad | CN des CF d'Haiti |
| Country | Haiti |
| Whyte | 4-6-0 |
| Number in Class | 4 |
| Road Numbers | 3-6 |
| Gauge | 3'6" |
| Number Built | 4 |
| Builder | Baldwin |
| Year | 1911 |
| Valve Gear | Stephenson |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 8 / 2.44 |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 17 / 5.18 |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 0.47 |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | 45.21 / 13.78 |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
| Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 85,000 / 38,555 |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 104,000 / 47,174 |
| Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | 70,000 / 31,752 |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | 174,000 / 78,926 |
| Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 3500 / 13.26 |
| Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | 10 / 9 |
| Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 47 / 23.50 |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 42 / 1067 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 160 / 1100 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 17" x 22" / 432x559 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 20,588 / 9338.57 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 4.13 |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 210 - 2" / 51 |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 15 / 4.57 |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 88 / 8.18 |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 22.60 / 2.10 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1728 / 160.54 |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1728 / 160.54 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 298.98 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 3616 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 3616 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 14,080 |
| Power L1 | 4201 |
| Power MT | 326.88 |