Caracas Transport Museum, Venezuela – Dos locomotoras de Puerto Rico / Two engines from Puerto Rico

Glover Locomotive # 121645 – year 1925, 2-6-2T, meter gauge.  Central Mercedita (Puerto Rico) 2-6-2T 4 built as 0-6-2T, 27 tons, 1972 ex storage in Caguas, 1957 ex Ctl. Mercedita, restored for use on the FC Historico de PR in Fajardo, after closure in 1975 to Museo del Transporte .

– Steen Larsen, Photographer.  Photo used with permission.

Baldwin Locomotive #60181, year 1927, 2-8-0, meter gauge.  Central Juncos (Puerto Rico) 8 “LUISA”, 36 tons, new to Central Pasto Viejo 8 (30”-gauge), 1928 to Central Juncos 8 (regauged to 1000mm), then Eastern Sugar Assocs. 8, then Fajardo Eastern Sugar Assocs. 8, then C. Brewer de PR E462, 1968 to J. Wirshing, in use on FC Historico de PR in Fajardo from 1971, after closure in 1975 to Museo del Transporte.

– Steen Larsen, Photographer.  Photo used with permission.

Sources / Fuentes:

– Steen Larsen – Photographer
– Thomas Kautzor , email Nov. 7, 2013.  Identified and provided the information of the engines.
–  El Museo del Transporte, Caracas, Venezuela, 2013.   The International Steam Pages. http://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/internat.htm,  http://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/venezuela01.htm

 

 

 

 

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