Vamos a viajar en el tiempo, concretamente hasta la exposición iberoamericana de 1929, en lo que se conocía como La Plaza de los conquistadores, los trenes que hacían las delicias de los visitantes en la exposición, eran cuatro locomotoras La Niña, La Pinta, La Santa María y La Sevilla. ¿se acuerdan de ese programa infantil de los 80, que dio forma y creatividad a toda una generación española?, si Barrio Sésamo, púes allí, en la intro de ese programa podíamos ver a nuestras dos últimas locomotoras....
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Geoff Holland dijo...
I saw three of the locomotives at the Parque de Atracciones, Casa de Campo, in Madrid in 1992. At that time Krauss No.8455 was complete, but not functional. No.8473 had been converted into a diesel, and No.8457 was in pieces in the maintenance facility. No.8456 has remained in Sevilla. In about 2002, the Parque de Atracciones had dismantled the railway, and the whole lot was redundant. Everything of the Sevilla railway was purchased from the Parque by three Spanish railway enthusiasts from Mataro, near Barcelona. They brought No.8455 to life, and reassembled No.8457. However, they could not gain permission to build a railway. So, No 8455 was sold to the Killesberg Park Railway in Stuttgart, Germany, and after further restoration, is now steaming there. In 2016, No.8457 was sold to the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Preservation Society in England. This loco has had a lot of further restoration, and in 2018 will be inaugurated into service on the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway. Also in 2016, the remains of No.8473, which has no boiler or cab, was sold to two English railway enthusiasts. They have started to restore it, with a view to building it a new boiler, manufacturing all the missing parts, and making it back to how it was when at Sevilla in 1929. I am trying to piece together the history of these locomotives, and would like to know if there is any documentation from 1.929 that directly links the names Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria and Sevilla to the Krauss builders numbers Nos. 8455, 8456, 8457 and 8473??? The locomotive’s names were on the tenders, and these appear to have been swapped around, when they were got out of the municipal storage. Also, further photographs and movie of the Sevilla 1.929 railway would be great.
9 de enero de 2018, 11:28
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La niña está bajo cuidado de la ASAF en Santa Justa, al menos está en buenas condiciones y con manteniento, aunque "escondida" del público.
Más interesante que el artículo, con referencias muy vagas, uno de los comentarios
Geoff Holland dijo...
I saw three of the locomotives at the Parque de Atracciones, Casa de Campo, in Madrid in 1992. At that time Krauss No.8455 was complete, but not functional. No.8473 had been converted into a diesel, and No.8457 was in pieces in the maintenance facility. No.8456 has remained in Sevilla. In about 2002, the Parque de Atracciones had dismantled the railway, and the whole lot was redundant. Everything of the Sevilla railway was purchased from the Parque by three Spanish railway enthusiasts from Mataro, near Barcelona. They brought No.8455 to life, and reassembled No.8457. However, they could not gain permission to build a railway. So, No 8455 was sold to the Killesberg Park Railway in Stuttgart, Germany, and after further restoration, is now steaming there. In 2016, No.8457 was sold to the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Preservation Society in England. This loco has had a lot of further restoration, and in 2018 will be inaugurated into service on the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway. Also in 2016, the remains of No.8473, which has no boiler or cab, was sold to two English railway enthusiasts. They have started to restore it, with a view to building it a new boiler, manufacturing all the missing parts, and making it back to how it was when at Sevilla in 1929. I am trying to piece together the history of these locomotives, and would like to know if there is any documentation from 1.929 that directly links the names Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria and Sevilla to the Krauss builders numbers Nos. 8455, 8456, 8457 and 8473??? The locomotive’s names were on the tenders, and these appear to have been swapped around, when they were got out of the municipal storage. Also, further photographs and movie of the Sevilla 1.929 railway would be great.
9 de enero de 2018, 11:28