The Andes (Locomotives not the mountains...)

Evan,
The 123 is not an Andes class locomotive. The 123 is one of the modern Henschel 3 foot gauge mikados built for the Southern Railway of Peru. The Andes class were standard gauge 2-8-0s that were built in the 1930s through the 1950s by Beyer-Peacock. In all around 55 locomotives were built. If I understand correctly, the Andes class was initially built for the Central Railway, being based off a highly successful class of Rodgers 2-8-0s built around the turn of the 20th Century. The Rodgers were later upgraded with new boilers, piston valves (with Franklin Piston Valve kits I might add), and super heat. Anyway, they were so successful that the Southern Railway of Peru and Cerro de Paso bought some too.

Here are some links you might like:

An Andes class builder's photo.

Here's a picture of the 123 en servicio.

A really comprehensive album of Peru photos showing both steam and diesel.

Enjoy,
John

(P.S.) If steamlocomotive.info ain't lying, there are three Andes class locomotives still surviving and one Rodgers.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/10/2019 12:53AM by Steam Fan 492.