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Gran Ferrocarril de la Ceiba “Venezuela”, “Roncajolo” and “Valera”
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Venezuela | 1896
3 produced
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Martin Coombs / www.railwaysofthefarsouth.co.uk

The Gran Ferrocarril de la Ceiba in Venezuela operated three 0-6-0ST saddle tank locomotives with an additional tender which had been built by Baldwin. Their saddle tank held 600 gallons of water, while the tender added 1,100 gallons more. Since they burned wood, a larger quantity of this could only be carried on the tender. This meant that these locomotives could not travel longer distances without the tender. At an empty weight of only 16.5 tons and a total weight with tender of 33 tons, they were fairly small. So the drivers measured only 33 inches and the cylinders had a diameter of eleven and a stroke of 16 inches.

The first two were built in 1896 with the works numbers 14845 and 15063. They were named “Venezuela” and “Roncajolo”, carried no running number and had a boiler pressure of 140 psi. The third one, named “Valera” followed a long time later in 1922 with the works number 55313. This one had a higher boiler pressure of 170 psi. Records and photos show that this locomotive also carried the number 8 and was converted to oil firing. For the other two it is more difficult to determine which numbers they got and if they were also converted to oil firing.

General
Built1896, 1922
ManufacturerBaldwin
Wheel arr.0-6-0TT (Six-coupled) 
Gauge3 ft 3 3/8 in (Meter gauge)
Dimensions and Weights
Wheelbase8 ft 1 in
Rigid wheelbase8 ft 1 in
Total wheelbase30 ft 5 1/2 in
Empty weight33,200 lbs
Service weight43,000 lbs
Adhesive weight43,000 lbs
Total weight66,000 lbs
Water capacity1,700 us gal
Fuel capacitywood
Boiler
Grate area9.4 sq ft
Firebox area54 sq ft
Tube heating area399 sq ft
Evaporative heating area453 sq ft
Total heating area453 sq ft
Power Plant
Driver diameter33 in
Boiler pressure140 psi
Expansion typesimple
Cylinderstwo, 11 x 16 in
Power
Power sourcesteam
Estimated power200 hp (149 kW)
Starting effort6,981 lbf
Calculated Values
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