End of the Line for the Nitrate Railways, Issue 133
Jim Ballantyne writes:
I visited the Toco – Tocopilla Railway in November 1997 as part of a Dorridge group led by the late David Ibbotson. We travelled from Tocopilla to Barriles, the end of electric operation, using the tourist stock and loco 601. I recall that a reversal took place at the aptly-named “Reverso” not far into the journey. However, I don’t recall that a reversal would have been required at Barriles. For additional information may I draw readers’ attention to volume 3 of The Railways of Chile by the late Wilf Simms? He provides a comprehensive list of the motive power of the railway and of the associated oficinas based upon his visits in 1978 and 1987.
Mystery Photos, Issue 133
The following is a compilation of replies from Richard Awde, Eddie Barnes, Brian Garvin, Mike Lane, John Lusted, George Pereira, John Sloane:
Photo 1 No 3745 (ALCO Works No 64515) was ordered as Grand Trunk Western No 605, but lettered as GT; on delivery in August, 1923 (ie after the GT had merged with the CNR) it was assigned to the former GTW lines and was CNR Class S-3-b. Renumbered to 4080 by parent Canadian National Railways in 1956 due to a class of RS 18 diesels being built for CNR by Montreal Loco Works taking over the original number series. Under this number it was withdrawn in September, 1961 and sold to Luria Steel & Trading Corporation, Chicago, Ill. as scrap. (Loco 4070 of the previous batch of this class (class S3a) is preserved in Cleveland, Ohio.)
This is a Dutch engine of a large class built mainly by Beyer Peacock for the State Railway, known formally as Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen (S.S.). BP built 125 of these engines between 1899 and 1905 and the Dutch company Werkspoor (formally Nederlandsche Fabriek van Werktuigen en Spoorwegmaterieel) built the last ten in 1906-7. They were delivered as Nos 801-935 [Works Nos BP 4075-89, 4165-84, 4267-96, 4321-50, 4724-33, 4846-65; Werkspoor
