Re: C&S 75 & 76

C. Owen Wrote:
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> Robert D. Wheatham's Railways of Peru (Volume 2 -
> the Central and Southern Lines) published by
> Trackside Publications in 2008 contains a motive
> power roster of the Ferrocarril
> Huancayo-Huancavelica Railroad which lists two
> locomotives specifically identified as ex-Colorado
> & Southern #75 and #76. FCHH #9 is listed as a
> 2-8-0 built by Brooks with CN #2969 in June, 1898
> and FCHH #10, also a 2-8-0 with Brooks CN #2970
> and the same builder's date. No information is
> provided as to acquisition or disposition dates.
>
> The photo of the hulk of the engine prior to
> scrapping shows the engine sitting on 3' gauge
> track with what appears to be a standard gauge
> boxcar sitting nearby. The only site on the FCHH
> where standard and narrow gauge equipment could be
> seen together would have been in the Huancayo yard
> of the Ferrocarril Central del Peru. However,
> that yard was very neatly maintained as a
> park-like setting when I visited the area several
> times in the mid-sixties when the railroad was
> still owned by British interests and contained
> housing for local officials of the railroad.
>
> The FCHH depot, yard, and shops were a short
> distance from the FCC yard but I do not recall a
> standard gauge connection. It is possible that the
> photo may have been taken in the Guadalupe Shops
> of the FCC in Callao which was the FCC's primary
> shop facility.
>
> I also consulted Elio Galessio's excellent volume
> entitled Ferrocarriles del Peru published in 2007.
> His roster of FCHH's motive power contains
> identical information for FCHH's #9 and #10, but
> does not mention the heritage of the engines nor
> the dates when they were acquired by the FCHH.
>
> C. Owen

Thanks, I've got a copy of Robert Whethams book at home - when I get home from being "Duty boy" for the day I'll check it out and also try to find the old emails.

G

Gavin

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