Borsig Locomotive Type 51 No. 439

Borsig Locomotive Type 51 No.439
Builders Number: 6042
Wheel Arrangement: 2-8-0
Maximum Speed: 60km/hr
Gauge: 1676mm
Diameter of Driving Wheels: 1250mm

Built in Germany in 1907 for Freight service on the South Network. The business included fourteen of these machines that gave service for many decades.

Locomotive of FAMAE (Fábricas y Maestranzas del Ejército)

Locomotive of FAMAE (Fábricas y Maestranzas del Ejército)
Type: Industrial
Number: S/I (Unnumbered)
Builders Number :Jung 4667
Wheel Arrangement: 0-4-0WT
Years in Service: 1926 - ?
In Service Weight: 83.98tons
Maximum Speed: 50km/hr
Gauge: 1676mm
Length: 7.55metres
Height: 3.80metres

Belonging to the Factories & Armouries of the Army (Fábricas y Maestranzas del Ejército) , it would have been utilized in internal manoeuvres of loads, and by a line that extended by the side of Park O’Higgins to the Army’s Arsenal. This factory, at the same time, was connected to the Ferrocarril De Circunvalción. The locomotive was manufactured in Germany by Arn Jung (1926), for a ‘Chilean Client’.

Locomotive Type 38 No.211

Locomotive Type 38 No.211
Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-0
Builders Number: 4865
Years in Service: 1896-1977
In Service Weight: 84 tons
Maximum Speed: 65 km/hr
Coal Consumption: 20 kgs/km
Water Consumption: 160 lts/km
Gauge: 1676 mm
Length: 15.21 metres
Height: 3.81 metres

One of 45 built by various makers, including Cooke & Rogers in the USA, although some were assembled in Chile from imported parts. In Chilean State records one is attributed to Baldwin, apparently by mistake. They were mainly used on Main Line freight trains in their early years, later gravitating to less onerous duties. They were successful engines, as witnessed by their long life. They could be seen in Santiago at least until 1963.

Locomotive Type R No.3087

Locomotive Type R No.3087
Wheel Arrangement: 2-8-0
Builders Number: 5190
Years in Service: 1901 - 1969
In Service Weight: 59 tons
Maximum Speed: 50 km/hr
Coal Consumption: 12.6 kgs/km
Water Consumption: 101 lts/km
Gauge: 1000 mm
Length: 13.74 metres

It was built in the United States in 1901 by the Rogers Company. It was used on the Northern Railways of Ferrocarriles Del Estado (State’s Railway), offering services as a passenger train from Ovalle’s branch line to Tamaya, from Illapel to Salamanca, and from Los Vilos to Illapel.

Locomotive Type 20 No.306

Locomotive Type 20 No.306
Builders Number: Unknown
Wheel Arrangement: 4-4-0
Years in Service: 1912-1961
In Service Weight: 78tons
Maximum Speed: 70km/hr
Coal Consumption: 18kgs/km
Water Consumption: 142lts/km
Gauge: 1676mm

The 42 engines of this type hauled light passenger trains on the Southern Network. They were all built in Chile in 1911-1912. They were probably designed in Chile too, using an earlier British design as a starting point.

Locomotive Type 100 No.1009

Locomotive Type 100 No.1009

Locomotive Type 100 No.1009
Works Number 22749
W heel Arrangement: 4-8-4
Years in Service: 1936 - 1970
In Service Weight: 185 tons
Maximum Speed: 100 km/hr
Coal Consumption: 34 kgs/km
Water Consumption: 274 lts/km
Gauge: 1676 mm

Built in Germany by Henschel and Son in 1935 who supplied 10 locos erroneously called 'Super Mountains' The had automatic stokers and were in service until 1969 hauling express trains betweeen Almeda and Talca.

Locomotive Type 110 No.1110

Locomotive Type 110 No.1110
Builders Number: 69329
Wheel Arrangement: 4-8-2
Years in Service: 1940-1966
In Service Weight: 220 tons
Maximum Speed: 90 km/hr
Coal Consumption: 34 kgs/km
Water Consumption: 302 lts/km
Gauge: 1676 mm
Length (including Tender): 25.765 metres

Built by the American Locomotive Company in 1940, it was one of the biggest locomotives in Chile, if not in the continent. Since its great fuel consumption could not be supplied by a stoker, it was equipped with an endless automatic coal feeder

Locomotive Type Z No.3349

Photo - Barry Emmott

Locomotive Type Z No.3349
Builders Number: 4664
Wheel Arrangement: 0-8-0+0-6-0T
Years in Service: 1909-1971
In Service Weight: 90.7 tons
Maximum Speed: 10 km/hr Rack, 35 km/hr Adhesion
Gauge: 1000 mm
Length: 15 metres

Locomotive constructed in the City of Leeds, England by Kitson-Meyer to serve the Ferrocarril Trasandino, between Los Andes in Chile and Mendoza in Argentina. It served between the years 1911 and 1971. There were 9 of these Machines (3 in Chile and 6 in Argentina), of which 2 survive in Chile (the other is at Los Andes).

Locomotive Type 47 No.407

Locomotive Type 47 No.407
Builders Number: 5937
Wheel Arrangement: 0-6-0
Years in Service: 1906 - 1976
In Service Weight: 76.9 tons
Maximum Speed: 50 km/hr
Coal Consumption: 15.9 kgs/km
Water Consumption: 127.2 lts/km
Gauge: 1676 mm
Length (including Tender): 14.15 metres

This model was built by the German Borsig Company between 1905 and 1907. Ferrocarriles Del Estado had 70 Borsig locomotives, which offered services in freight trains and repair shops. It is the only locomotive in the whole museum that has inside cylinders, which gives it a greater drag force. For this reason it has been called the German Macho.

Locomotive Type K No.3045

Locomotive Type K No.3045
Builders Number: 5857
Wheel Arrangement: 2-6-2T
Years in Service: 1908-1966
In Service Weight: 38 tons
Maximum Speed: 60 km/hr
Coal Consumption: 7.6 kgs/km
Water Consumption: 60 lts/km
Gauge: 1000 mm
Length: 9.6 metres
Height: 4 metres

One of two built in 1908 by Borsig in Germany. For most of its life it was used for yard work. The other of the pair was latterly numbered 3044. The Norte Chico was the first part of Chile to rid itself of steam traction and rumour has it that 3045 powered the last working with an inspection car in 1966. It was then stored in Ovalle Workshop and, when this was closed, was moved to the one at Coquimbo. It is the most recent addition to the Museum’s locomotive collection, arriving in 1988.

Locomotive Type 59 No.18

Locomotive Type 59 No.18
Builders Number: 7389
Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-0
Years in Service: 1910 - 1970
In Service Weight: 98 tons
Maximum Speed: 90 km/hr
Coal Consumption: 12 kgs/km
Water Consumption: 96 lts/km
Gauge: 1676 mm

This locomotive was built by Borsig in Germany in 1910, and sent to an International Exhibition in Buenos Aires, after which, we deduce it was bought by an order from the Chilean Government. According to legend, it was donated to Chile by the Argentine Government to commemorate the centenary of Chilean Independence, and that it received the number 18 since Independence Day is the 18 of September. However, we have found nothing to verify this story. When new it was a compound, but was simplified around the year 1924, probably due to high maintenance costs.

Locomotive Type 57 No.631

Locomotive Type 57 No.631
Builders Number: Not Available
Wheel Arrangement: 2-6-0
Years in Service: 1908 - 1984
In Service Weight: 84.21 tons
Maximum Speed: 60 km/hr
Coal Consumption: 19.3 kgs/km
Water Consumption: 154.4 lts/km
Gauge: 1676 mm
Length: 15 metres

Built in 1908 by the North British Locomotive Company, in a series of 40, they came to form the greatest locomotive fleet in the country. The rest, amounting to 116, were either built by the Henschel Company in Germany or assembled in Chile by the Balfour Lyon Repair and Galvanization Society. They offered services along the whole Southern Railways with any kind of train. The one on exhibition had its base in Concepcion

Locomotive Type 70 No.709

Locomotive Type 70 No.709
Builders Number: 59021
Wheel Arrangement: 2-8-2
In Service Weight: 88.21 tons
Maximum Speed: 60 km/hr
Coal Consumption: 24.6 kgs/km
Water Consumption: 196.8 lts/km
Gauge: 1676 mm

There were 53 machines of this type built by the American Locomotive Company between 1919 and 1922. Most of them were used as Cargo and Passenger trains in the Southern Railways. No.714, a model of this kind was used several times in the Tren De La Araucania (Araucania’s train), the heaviest passenger train that has ever arrived in Lonquimay, in the south of Chile.

Locomotive Type 80 No.846

Locomotive Type 80 No.846
Builders Number: 747
Wheel Arrangement: 4-8-2
Years in Service: 1929 - present (specials)
In Service Weight: 163 tons
Maximum Speed: 105 km/hr
Coal Consumption: 22 kgs/km
Water Consumption: 178 lts/km
Gauge: 1676 mm

Initially Heavy and Fast Passenger, latterly for Freight as well. No.851 is still active on special duties. Another 10 or so still exist. Various batches built by Baldwin 1929 to 1947. Some fitted with Thermic Syphons. Last 30 ordered from Mitsubishi in 1952, to same basic design.

Type A No.5025

Type A No.5025
Wheel Arrangement: 0-6-0
Years in Service: 1945 -
Maximum Speed: 30 km/hr
Gauge: 600 mm
Length: 5 metres
Height: 2.7 metres
Width: 1.62 metres

This information is recorded on the locomotive's disply plate but is subject to confimation. Swiss locomotive, made by Smocheweren in 1945, numbered in Chile as 5025, Type A. It was assigned to the branch from Saboya to Capitán Pastene, in the province of Malleco, IX region. This included the stations of Saboya, Centenario, Marileo, Lumaco, Centro and Capitán Pastene. The work began in 1908 and was completed in 1918, with a distance of 35 kilometres. This machine is a National Historical Monument.