PRESERVED ORENSTEIN & KOPPEL STEAM LOCOMOTIVES
LOCATION | Trelew, Chubut province, Argentina |
RAILWAY NUMBER | "Rodolfo" |
RAILWAY | Florentino Ameghino Dam construction project |
WHEEL ARRANGEMENT | Bt |
HORSE POWER | 30 |
GAUGE | 600mm |
BUILDER | O&K |
BUILDER’S NUMBER | 12861 |
YEAR BUILT | 1936 |
PREVIOUS
RAILWAYS AND NUMBERS |
Delivered new to Grün & Bilfinger, Buenos Aires, probably for the Rio Negro dam construction scheme. |
CONDITION | moderate, displayed in the open air |
PHOTO BY | Jorge Waddell |
PLACE AND DATE | Trelew, January 1993 |
NOTES | CRJ 88 and 93 raised some confusion that there might be two locos in Trelew, but latest evidence suggests there is only this one. The old Chubut Railway station is now the town museum, in Avenida Fontana, and the loco is displayed outside. See Martin Coombs' Patagonian Railway site for another picture and more details. |