PRESERVED ORENSTEIN & KOPPEL
STEAM LOCOMOTIVES
LOCATION | outside Neuquén station, Rio Negro province, Argentina |
RAILWAY NUMBER | |
RAILWAY | |
WHEEL ARRANGEMENT | Bt |
HORSE POWER | 30 |
GAUGE | 600mm as built. Reported by R.Bude as now 1000mm. |
BUILDER | O&K |
BUILDER’S NUMBER | 1861 |
YEAR BUILT | 1906 |
PREVIOUS
RAILWAYS AND NUMBERS |
the O&K archives simply record that this loco was delivered to Arthur Koppel for Argentina. It most probably was employed, if not at first, on the Rio Negro dam construction scheme. |
CONDITION | Poor |
PHOTO BY | Jorge Waddell |
PLACE AND DATE | Neuquén, February 1992 |
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