PRESERVED ORENSTEIN & KOPPEL STEAM LOCOMOTIVES
LOCATION | Once station, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
RAILWAY NUMBER | X5A |
RAILWAY | F.C. General Belgrano (see note below) |
WHEEL ARRANGEMENT | Bt |
HORSE POWER | 20 |
GAUGE | 600mm as built, since rebuilt to 1000mm |
BUILDER | O&K |
BUILDER’S NUMBER | 4017 |
YEAR BUILT | 1910 |
PREVIOUS RAILWAYS AND NUMBERS |
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CONDITION | moderate, plinthed in the open air |
PHOTO BY | MM |
PLACE AND DATE | Once, April 1999 |
NOTES | the suggestion that this loco is O&K 4176 (CRJ 98/486) can be dismissed, since 4017 is stamped several times on the motion. It is believed to have worked as a construction loco on the Belgrano metre gauge system, and X5 was its class designation. |