130T steam locomotive (Ferrocarriles Vascongados)

The 130T was a steam locomotive type originally operated by Ferrocarriles Vascongados in the Basque Country, Spain. One of the locomotives, named Aurrera, has been preserved at the Basque Railway Museum and is used regularly to haul heritage trains.[3]

130T
The Aurrera locomotive, preserved at the Basque Railway Museum
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderNasmyth & Wilson
Build date1892-1898
Total produced10
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte2-6-0T
Gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Length8.25 m (27 ft 1 in)[1]
Width2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)[1]
Height3.5 m (11 ft 6 in)[1]
Loco weight35 t (77,162 lb)[2]
Performance figures
Power output250 hp (190 kW)[2]
Career
OperatorsFerrocarriles Vascongados
Delivered1892
Retired1964

History

The early light locomotives bought by the railway companies that would merge to form Ferrocarriles Vascongados were underpowered. The Elgoibar-San Sebastián Railway received six heavier locomotives from Nasmyth & Wilson in 1892, five of which were immediately transferred to the Biscay Central Railway, which needed a substitute for its light Hanomag locomotives. Two more locomotives of the same type were acquired by Biscay Central in 1894, and another one by each of the two companies in 1898.[4]

On 2 April 1904, the four locomotives operated by the Elgoibar-San Sebastián Railway were transferred to the Durango-Zumárraga Railway, and renamed according to the scheme used by Biscay Central. All the locomotives were incorporated into the Ferrocarriles Vascongados fleet in 1906. However, after the introduction of the Euzkadi class locomotives in 1914, the 130T-s were gradually retired and sold to other operators. They were in service with Ferrocarriles Vascongados and other companies until 1964.[4]

List of locomotives

The individual details of the locomotives are as follows.[4]

Original operator No.FV No.NameN&B No.Build dateFate
Central 8105Igartua4351892Relegated to shunting services after the electrification in 1929. Stored since the 1950s in Durango, it was scrapped in 1974.
Central 9Ibaizábal4361892Acquired by José de Uribasterra on 20 March 1915. Sold to the Vasco-Navarro railway in 1920 and to the Madrid-Almorox railway in 1942. Scrapped in 1964.
Central 10Bilbao4391892Acquired by José de Uribasterra on 20 March 1915, fate unknown.
Central 11302Tavira4381892Sold to a mine railway in San Cebrián de Mudá, Palencia on 23 September 1935. It was later sold to a cement producer in Mataporquera. Scrapped in the early 1970s.
Central 12Durango4371892Relegated to shunting services after the electrification in 1929. Scrapped in Durango in 1963.
E.S.S. 1102Zarauz4401892It was sold to the Bidasoa railway on 4 September 1915, where it remained in service until 1956. It was scrapped shortly thereafter.
E.S.S. 2101Deva4551894During the Spanish Civil War it was leased and then sold to the Bilbao-Lezama railway, which was later merged into Ferrocarriles y Transportes Suburbanos. After the electrification of that line in 1951, it was used by EFE on the Castro-Traslaviña railway. It was scrapped in 1964.
E.S.S. 3103San Sebastián4561894During the Spanish Civil War it was leased and then sold to the Bilbao-Lezama railway, which was later merged into Ferrocarriles y Transportes Suburbanos. It was scrapped in 1960.
Central 13Vizcaya5501898It was used in the early 1920s in the construction of the Calahorra-Arnedillo railway, and later acquired in the 1930s by Explotación de Ferrocarriles por el Estado for use on the Amorebieta-Pedernales railway. During the Spanish Civil War it was leased and then sold to the Bilbao-Lezama railway, which was later merged into Ferrocarriles y Transportes Suburbanos. After the electrification of that line in 1951, it was again used by EFE on the Amorebieta-Pedernales railway and on the Castro-Traslaviña railway. It was scrapped in the early 1960s.
E.S.S. 14104Aurrera5511898Relegated to shunting services after the electrification in 1929. Its boiler was used in the 1960s for the production of distilled water for the batteries of the electric locomotives of the company. It was preserved, and from 1986 to 1990 it was placed outdoors in Oñati.[5] It was then restored, and on 20 March 1992 it moved again on its own power. Since then, it has been used to haul heritage trains in the Basque Railway Museum.

See also

References
  1. "Locomotora de vapor FV104 Aurrera". EMSIME (in Spanish). euskadi.eus. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  2. "Museo Vasco del Ferrocarril" (PDF). Tren Correo (in Spanish). No. 20. Asociación de Amigos del Ferrocarril de Gipuzkoa. October 1995. pp. 8–9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  3. Fernández López, Javier (2006). "Locomotoras de vapor preservadas en España" (PDF). Docutren (in Spanish). Fundación de los Ferrocarriles Españoles. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  4. Olaizola, Juanjo (2001). Bilbo eta Donostia arteko trenaren material motorea / Material motor del ferrocarril de Bilbao a San Sebastián (in Spanish and Basque). Bilbao: Eusko Trenbideak Ferrocarriles Vascos , S.A. pp. 45–51. ISBN 84-920629-3-2.
  5. "Colocación de la locomotora de vapor Aurrera". El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). 18 December 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
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