PRESERVED ORENSTEIN & KOPPEL STEAM LOCOMOTIVES
LOCATION | Provincial penal headquarters, Calle 6 & 33, La Plata, Argentina |
RAILWAY NUMBER | |
RAILWAY | penal colony at Sierra Chica |
WHEEL ARRANGEMENT | Bt |
HORSE POWER | 20 |
GAUGE | 700mm |
BUILDER | O&K |
BUILDER’S NUMBER | 13007 |
YEAR BUILT | 1937 |
PREVIOUS
RAILWAYS AND NUMBERS |
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CONDITION | good, not in working order |
PHOTO BY | MM |
PLACE AND DATE | La Plata, 29th March 1998 |
NOTES | Buenos Aires province has a penal colony at Sierra Chica, which ha a narrow gauge railway serving stone quarries. 13007 was one of the locos which worked there, and is now displayed in front of the provincial headquarters in La Plata. A similar loco, O&K 9313, is preserved at Sierra Chica. |