Glen,
The EFDTC (Estrada de Ferro Dona Teresa Cristina)2-10-2's came from Argentina, where they had been used on the famous C-14 line out of Salta. There is at least one left in operable condition on the EFDTC, as well as one 2-8-2, both saved for tour groups. Too bad none of the 2-10-4's are still in running order.
It was a wonderful sight, watching them double head on the line to the port, back in 1984. One of my best steam memories is driving alongside a pair at night, while the smoke plume was illuminated each time the fire door was opened. These engines were hand fired, with swinging latch doors and 70 square feet of grate area, and required two firemen! I fired one for part of one trip and it wore me right out! For some reason, the railway didn't like butterfly doors and had taken them off, replacing them with old fashioned swinging doors. The second fireman would open the door for the guy working the shovel. They would trade off when they got tired of shoveling.
Also, Bolivia had meter gauge Baldwin 2-10-2's, of which at least one is used for rail charters. Chris Skow has used it on his Trains Unlimited Tours. The Argentine 2-10-2's were European built copies of the Baldwin design, but with Belpaire fire boxes. Both the Bolivian and Argentine engines were oil fired.
When the EFDTC bought the Argentine 2-10-2's, they really Americanized them. The replaced the European plate frame tender trucks with a US pattern roller bearing truck, they installed centered headlights and cast up and installed overhanging bells at the top of the smokebox front. These bells were strictly for looks, as they did not have ringer arms and were not set up with air ringers either! They left the single chime hooter whistles on, while the 2-10-4's had nice chime whistles.
I guess I'm not the only one to have dreamed about what the EBT would have been like with "super power!"
