Caribbean Petroleum Company 2-6-0 Locomotives in Venezuela


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class Colon No 1 (Locobase 15437)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Vol 79, pp. 178. Works numbers were 60691-60692 in December 1928.

These two small oil-burning Moguls were subject to the same tight alignments (e.g., curve radii of 30 feet/9.1 metres) and light rail as the 0-6-0s shown in Locobase 15436.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

ClassColon No 1
Locobase ID15437
RailroadCaribbean Petroleum Company
CountryVenezuela
Whyte2-6-0
Number in Class2
Road Numbers1-2
Gauge2'6"
Number Built2
BuilderBaldwin
Year1928
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)29,000 / 13,154
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)33,000 / 14,969
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)13,500 / 6124
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)46,500 / 21,093
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)16 / 8
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)28 / 711
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)160 / 11
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)10" x 14" / 254x356
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)6800 / 3084.43
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.26
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)70 - 1.75" / 44
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m) 8.33 / 2.54
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)35 / 3.25
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 6.70 / 0.62
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)300 / 27.88
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)300 / 27.88
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume235.73
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation1072
Same as above plus superheater percentage1072
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area5600
Power L12787
Power MT635.61

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