Builder: Baldwin Locomotive Works
Wheel Arrangement: 2-6-6-2
Tank or tender type: rectangular tender
Build date/Serial number:
#200 : June 1946 / 72,317
#201: 1946 /
#202: 1946 /
#203: 1949 /
#204: 1949 /
#205: 1949 /
Driver diameter: 42 in.
Boiler pressure: psi
Cylinder dimensions: 14x22 in
Grate area: 47 sq ft
Tractive effort: 30,740 lbs
Weight: 164,150 lbs
Fuel: 6 tons coal
Water capacity: 3700 gal
1946-1970s: Donna Teresa Cristina (Ministry of Communications and Public Works) #'s 200-205. Tuberao, Brazil.
#'s 200-202: Scrapped
#203: Derelict, Tuberao, Brazil
#204: Stored, Rio Negrinho, Brazil
#205: Display at EFDTC company headquarters
-Meter-gauge
-Initially equipped with vacuum brake on tender
-As built had handrails on pilot deck, pilot deck mounted headlight, and a tender shelter.
The Donna Teresa Cristina Railway, a coal hauling railroad in Southeast Brazil, has utilized many Baldwin built steam locomotives, culminating in 2-10-4s and 2-6-6-2s ordered in the late 1940s. The 2-6-6-2s, numbered 200 through 205, were operated on a single branch line from the docks at Imbituba along the Tuberao River to a coal mine at Lauro Muller. The rail on this branch was too light for the 2-10-4s and as a result the 2-6-6-2s were the main power on the Lauro Muller line. In the early 1970s, flooding destroyed much of the line from Imbituba to Lauro Muller and as a result, the 2-6-6-2s were retired. #204 was kept operational and fired up occasionally for the enjoyment of tourist groups. Today, three of the Teresa Cristina 2-6-6-2s are still in existence, #205 is reportedly on display at the Teresa Cristina company headquarters, #203 is derelict at Tuberao, and #204 is in storage at Rio Negrinho. Reportedly, #'s 203 and 204 are now owned by the ABPF, a railway preservation organization in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Drawing: #200 as built June, 1946
Drawing: #204, late 70s/ early 80s?
