PRESERVED ORENSTEIN & KOPPEL
STEAM LOCOMOTIVES
LOCATION | Faro station, Algarve, Portugal |
RAILWAY NUMBER | "Pedorido" |
RAILWAY | Minas de Pejão |
WHEEL ARRANGEMENT | Ct |
HORSE POWER | 70 |
GAUGE | 600mm |
BUILDER | O&K |
BUILDER’S NUMBER | 10551 |
YEAR BUILT | 1923 |
PREVIOUS
RAILWAYS AND NUMBERS |
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CONDITION | moderate to poor, kept out of doors for several years |
PHOTO BY | MM |
PLACE AND DATE | Faro, 29h March 2001 |
NOTES | the mines at Pejão operated a 600mm line with several O&K steam locos until about 1970. Most of the locomotives have survived, including three in Great Britain. |