Caribbean Petroleum Company 0-6-0 Locomotives in Venezuela


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class unknown (Locobase 15436)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Vol 79, pp. 176. Works numbers were 59307-59308 in July 1926.

Bought by the Asiatic Petroleum Company, Ltd--a creature of the Royal Dutch Shell Company, the de Rothschild petroleum interests in Paris, and the Shell Transport & Trading Company, this pair of narrow-gaugers served the company's Venezuela operations. They rolled on very light 25 lb/yard (12.5 kg/metre) up 2% grades and around extremely tight curve radii of 30 feet (9.1 metres).

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Classunknown
Locobase ID15436
RailroadCaribbean Petroleum Company
CountryVenezuela
Whyte0-6-0
Number in Class2
Road Numbers
Gauge2'
Number Built2
BuilderBaldwin
Year1926
Valve GearWalschaert
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 5.25 / 1.60
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) 5.25 / 1.60
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase1
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)19.71 / 6.01
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)17,500 / 7938
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)17,500 / 7938
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)13,500 / 6124
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)31,000 / 14,062
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)500 / 1.89
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)250 / 946
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)10 / 5
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)24 / 610
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)160 / 1100
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)8" x 12" / 203x305
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)4352 / 1974.04
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.02
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)43 - 1.75" / 44
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) 7.83 / 2.39
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)23 / 2.14
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 4.20 / 0.39
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)176 / 16.36
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)176 / 16.36
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume252.10
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation672
Same as above plus superheater percentage672
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area3680
Power L12668
Power MT1008.33

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