Peru had a number of US built locomotives, but only a few purchased used…
C&S 75 & 76 were sold by Morse Bros to the Cerro De Pasco Copper Company (standard gauge) for use on the Huancayo and Huancavelica where they were appearengly Nos 9 & 10. (3’ gauge, converted to standard 1978.) Both were scrapped on the H&H long before conversion. This line was considered a branch of the FC de Central, a standard gauge line.
Sumpter Valley 2-8-2s 16, 17, & 18 were sold to the FC de Santa (previously the FC de Chimbote) The Santa has started to dieselize by in 1948 with 3 Porter center cabs. The line purchased Alco DL 535 locomotives in 1978. The Sumpter Valley engines were gone by the mid 1960’s
Sumpter Valley 4-6-0 No 50 became FC Santa Ana (the line between Cusco and Machu Pichu where it was No 100. It was scrapped in the early 1980’s
The odd duck was an “almost” Colorado locomotive… The FC Salaverry Y Trujillo locomotive No 1, Batta a 0-6-0 Porter, c/n 179, 4/1874, had been originally ordered by the Colorado Central, as their No 6. Porter specifications note that for Peru, the locomotive was fitted with an 8 wheel tender instead of the “tank on boiler” as ordered for Colorado.
Its not clear why the locomotive was redirected. The order for Peru was a rush order, for the 0-6-0 and a 2-4-0 built for the Carro & St Louis, and either repossessed or diverted. Porter records note that the locomotives were to ship in 10 days…
Eventually, the Colorado Central would place an order for a second No 6, c/n 276, in June 1877, for delivery in November 1877… the second No 6 was ordered as a tender engine. It was followed by No 7, c/n 281 within days. Given the 2 ½ years between c/n 179 and c/n 276 I suspect that things changed in Colorado, and that they canceled the order.
The confusion is carried into the published books on the Colorado Central, with Poor identifying No 6 correctly as c/n 276, while Hauck in Colorado Annual 10 says No 6 was c/n 179 with an 1873 date. The more recent book by Sundance follows Poor’s information (and says so). None note that there were two No 6’s ordered…
Randy Hees
Randy Hees
Director, Nevada State Railroad Museum, Boulder City, retired
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