Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Volume 11, p 244. (Thanks to Ivo Rutishauser and Wes Barris for their persistent attempts to track down the locomotive's history and correct specifications.) Works number was 6944 in September 1883.
J De Rivera was the purchasing agent for this locomotive. After much research, Locobase can confirm ...almost nothing about this locomotive's actual destination. Gene Connelly's Baldwin production list showed the Waimanalo Sugar Company as the original owner, but most other more recent sources (including Connelly's own Waimanalo roster) do not.
Locobase supposes the name "Lili" refers to Hawai'i's last sovereign Lili'uokalani. The 1883 specification notes the number plate on the locomotive would be delivered as "a blank" nor would the engine bear a road number.
Possibly to avoid fuel that threw cinders, the buyer specified a firebox capable of burning "hard coal", presumably anthracite. Its depth measured 31 1/4" (794 mm). To reinforce cinder reduction, the specs called for a Radley & Hunter 7" (179 mm) diameter balloon stack.
Two other saddle-tanks shown in Locobase 13128 ran on the 3' (914 mm) gauge, burned soft coal, and had shallower fireboxes. A note added to the original 1883 Baldwin spec referring to Extra Order 3071 dated 11/10/1896 may have covered a change in gauges from 762 to 914 mm.
Lili spent the next 50+ years toiling as a sugar-cane plantation workhorse.
In 1948, Ward Kimball bought several of the Waimanalo's small saddle-tankers to run on his San Gabriel, Calif Grizzly Flats railroad. GFRR #1 traces its origins to Baldwin 6944.
| Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | Lili |
| Locobase ID | 11818 |
| Railroad | J de Rivera (broker) |
| Country | Hawaiian Kingdom |
| Whyte | 0-4-2T |
| Number in Class | 1 |
| Road Numbers | |
| Gauge | 2'6" |
| Number Built | 1 |
| Builder | Burnham, Parry, Williams & Co |
| Year | 1883 |
| Valve Gear | Stephenson |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 3.67 / 1.12 |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 9 / 2.74 |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 0.41 |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | 9 / 2.74 |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
| Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 9600 / 4354 |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 13,000 / 5897 |
| Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | |
| Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 225 / 0.85 |
| Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | |
| Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 8 / 4 |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 24 / 610 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 130 / 880 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 7" x 12" / 178x305 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 2707 / 1227.88 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 3.55 |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 46 - 1.5" / 38 |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 6.21 / 1.89 |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 21.75 / 2.02 |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 4.50 / 0.42 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 133 / 12.36 |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 133 / 12.36 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 250.94 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 585 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 585 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 2828 |
| Power L1 | 2372 |
| Power MT | 1089.45 |