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Appendix 6

List of locos used on the San Antonio to Bariloche and Viedma line

Original running number 1909

Later
running
no.

Maker, & maker's number

Weight empty, in tons

Notes

Year of building

Year of withdrawal

12M class Pacifics, 4-6-2. Built new for FCE, at a cost of $oro 15,800 each.
Dimensions of Maffei batch: Cyls. 500x630mm; Dr. wheels 1,600mm; BP 12 kg/sqm; TE 10,040kg; Total weight in service 116 tonnes. Superheating gradually introduced after 1926.

1

330

Maffei 3143

55.0

Superheated by 1934
Coal burning in '45

1910

c1953

2

331

Maffei 3144

55.0

Superheated by 1934
Coal burning in '45

1910

c1953

3

332

Maffei 3145

55.0

Coal burning in '45

1910

c1953

4

333

Maffei 3146

55.0

Superheated by 1934
Oil-burning in '45

1910

c1953

5

334

Maffei 3147

55.0

Coal burning in '45

1910

c1953

6

335

Maffei 3148

55.0

Superheated by 1934
Coal burning in '45

1910

c1953

7

336

Maffei 3149

55.0

Coal burning in '45

1910

c1953

8

337

Maffei 3150

55.0

Boiler explosion in 1931
Oil-burning in'45

1910

c1953

9

338

Maffei 3151

55.0

Superheated by 1934
Oil-burning in '45

1910

c1953

10

339

Maffei 3152

55.0

Coal burning in '45

1910

c1953

11

340

Maffei 3153

55.0

Coal burning in '45

1910

c1953

12

341

Maffei 3154

55.0

Oil-burning in '45

1910

c1953

13

342

Maffei 3155?/3202

55.0

Believed replacement for loco 362/Cockerill 2758 lost at sea, May have gone to Pto. Deseado first but was at San Ant. by 1934
Oil-burning in ’45

1911

c1953

14

350

H. St. Pierre

56.0

Transferred from Pto. Deseado?
Not recorded in working timetables.

1910

c1953?

17

353

H. St. Pierre

56.0

Transferred from Pto. Deseado by ’34
Coal burning in '45

1911

c1953

20

360

Cockerill

56.0

Transferred from Pto. Deseado by ’34
Oil-burning in '45

1910

c1953

21

361

Cockerill

56.0

Transferred from Pto. Deseado by ”34
Coal burning in ’45

1910

c1953

23

363

Cockerill

56.0

Transferred from C. Rivadavia before '45 (1939?)
Coal burning in ’45

1910

c1953

24

364

Cockerill

56.0

Transferred from C. Rivadavia before '45 (1939?)
Coal burning in ’45

1910

c1953

Ex-FC Andino 4-4-0 Nos. 8-16, purchased for FCE in1909, at a price of $oro34,125 each. Cyls 457 x 610mm; DW 1.676m; Weight in service 68.8 tonnes inc. tender.

49

Baldwin 7226

36.8 tons

These locos were originally named, but a multitude of renumberings make matching names with numbers difficult. Amongst the names were 'Sud America', 'Cordoba', 'Salta', 'Tucuman', 'Parana', & 'Corrientes'.
Only 7 of these recorded here in 1911 and 1912. In 1911 two of them were recorded as numbered 9 and 15.

1884-5

1922

50

Baldwin 7227

1922

51

374

Baldwin 7228

1929

52

375

Baldwin 7229

1929

53

376

Baldwin 7230

1929

54

377

Baldwin 7231

1929

55

378

Baldwin 7232

1929

56

Baldwin 7233

1922

57

Baldwin 7234

1922

Ex-BAGS nos 148, 156, 157, ex FC Central Argentine 2-6-0, nos. 423, 425, 426, purchased by FCE 1909, at a price of approx $oro 6,000 each. Cyls 17 x 24, and 24 1/2 x 24 (2 cyl comp.), DW 5' 2", BP 175. All three present in March 1911.

61

Beyer, Peacock 3187

40.5 tons

1890

1922

62

380

Beyer, Peacock 3195

1930

63

381

Beyer, Peacock 3196

1929

Ex FC Andino 0-6-0, nos. 6 & 7. Purchased by FCE in 1909.
NB These two locos do not appear in the 1912 Ministry of Public Works list.
Cyls. 450 x 655mm; Dr. wheels 1340mm; BP 9kgs.

91

384

Tubize 781

42 tonnes in service

Out of service in 1934.

1889

1920

92

385

Tubize 782

Out of service in 1934.

1889

1920

0-6-0T or 0-6-2T ex contractor. Possibly ex BAN no. 10, later CAR no. 303, later R/N no. 98. Purchased by FCE in 1903? Purchased at a price of approx $oro 6,000. Recorded by JD, and in 1912 Min of Ob. Pub. list. Present in March 1911.

257

Kitson2982/3?

Not recorded in ’34.

Ex FC Sud , purchased at a price of approx $oro 6,000.
Recorded only in the Ministerio de Obras Publicas 1911 and 1912 reports.

54

Sharp Stewart

This may be one of the 4-6-0s ex FC BsAs Ensenada & South Coast mentioned in the Pto Deseado line list

Not recorded in ’34.

Ex FC Sud (BAGS) 4-4-0, Nos. 230-232. Purchased by FCE in 1912. New to BA&EP (nos. 16,17,15(renumbered18)). and to BAGS in 1898. Cyls. 18 x 26", dw 6',

230

Kitson 3086

1885? or 1888?

1923

231

Kitson 2849

1885?

1923

232

Kitson 2850

1885?

1923

14A class 2-10-2 built new for FCE. BLW class 14.38 1/4.F.12-13
Cyls. 559x660mm(22x26ins.); Dr. wheels 1,295mm(4'3"); BP 14kg/sqm(200psi); TE 18,966kg(39,281lbs); Total weight in service 156.577tonnes.

500

Baldwin 59208

80/92

Oil-burning in 1945

1926

c1953

501

Baldwin 59209

80/92

Oil-burning in 1945

1926

c1953

7 class 2-6-0 ex BAGS, purchased in 1930 to cover short-term emergency. Originally BAGS no. 67, renumbered 97 in 1888, renumbered 3002 in 1912. Source JD. Cyls. 17 x 24". DW 5' 2".

3002

Beyer, Peacock 2629

71 tons

It is not clear which line this ran on.

1885

Not recorded on this line in ’34. Scrapped by 1940

7A class 2-6-0 ex BAGS, purchased in 1930 to cover short-term emergency. Originally BAGS no. 150, renumbered 3058 in 1912. Source JD. 2 cyl. compound; cyls 17 and 24 1/2 x 24". DW 5' 2".

3058

Beyer, Peacock 3189

It is not clear which line this ran on.

1890

Not recorded on this line in ’34. Scrapped by 1940

11C class three-cyl. 4-8-0 of FC Sud, introduced to line after nationalization.
Cyls. 17 1/2 x 26inch; Dr. wheels 4'7 1/2"; BP 200psi.

?

Armstrong Whitworth or Beyer, Peacock

1924-9

15B class 4-8-0s of FC Sud design but built after nationalization.
Cyls. 19 1/2 x 28inch; Dr. wheels 5'8"; BP 225psi.

?

Vulcan Foundry

1949

11D class three-cyl. 2-8-0s of FC Sud, introduced to line after nationalization.
Cyls. 17 1/2 x 26inch; Dr. wheels 4'7 1/2"; BP 180psi.

?

Armstrong Whitworth

1926-7

Data in this table initially from Reg Carter's lists. Railways of Argentina. 46 Mill St., Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, UK. Other sources notes by John Davies (JD), and John Poole (JP) forwarded by SLS.
Details of locos surviving in 1934 & ’45 confirmed from FCE working timetables and appendices. Confirmation of locos on the line in 1912 is from Memoria del Ministerio de Obras Publicas de la Nacion Correspondiente al año 1912/13, Capitulo II, Anexo L.
Details of the prototype BLW 4-8-2 can be found in an article in the TodoTren website.

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Appendices

1 Text of law 5559

2 Chronology of Patagonian railway proposals

3 Bariloche line route itinerary

4 Com. Rivadavia route itinerary

5 Pto. Deseado route itinerary

6 Bariloche line loco list

7 Com. Rivadavia line loco list

8 Pto. Deseado line loco list

9 FCE wagon diagrams

10 Map of Com. Rivadavia

11 Pto. Deseado lines plans

12 Examples of tickets

13 FCP 1957 report 1

14 FCP 1957 report 2

15 FCP working timetable instructions 1960

16 Report on construction 1912 A

17 Report on construction 1912 B

18 Two reports from 1912

19 Telegram about labourers •

20 Account of a journey

21 President Alcorta address

22 Purchase of rails decree

23 Purchase of wagons decree

24 Bailey Willis summary

25 Early Patagonian proposals

26 Progress to Bariloche 1926

27 Arrival at Bariloche

28 Restructuring report 1953

29 Neneo Ruca accident

 

 

 

 

 

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