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Table 6: RAILWAY ELEMENTS OF FERRONOR PRECESSORS. PIECES DECLARED NATIONAL MONUMENTS | ||
PIECE | DATE OF DECREE | LOCATION AND OBSERVATIONS |
Nitrate Railways station |
23-11-77 |
Iquique city. |
Locomotive, rail yard, No. 8 of Nitrate Railways |
04-12-79 | Former Humberstone office. With steam engine and John Fowler brand, Leeds. |
Locomotive, rail yard, No. 1035 of Chilian Northern |
04-12-79 | Former Humberstone office. With steam engine and Orenstein & Koppel brand, Germany. |
Special wagon. Station 23 of Chilian Northern |
04-12-79 | Baquedano* |
Dining car. Yt-23 of Chilian Northern | 04-12-79 | Baquedano* Brusch Electrical Engineering brand, Loughborough, England. |
Locomotive 3501 |
16-12-83 | Baquedano, Baldwin US Brand, type W, former Northern Network |
Locomotive 3511 |
16-12-83 | Baquedano, Baldwin US Brand, type W, former Northern Network |
Locomotive 3518 | 16-12-83 | Baquedano, Baldwin US Brand, type W, former Northern Network |
Locomotive 3525 | 16-12-83 | Baquedano, Baldwin US Brand, type W, former Northern Network |
Locomotive 3530 | 16-12-83 | Baquedano*, but this is not exist. Baldwin US Brand, type W. |
Locomotive 3573 | 16-12-83 | Baquedano, Borsig brand, Germany, type W, former F.C. Arica-La Paz |
Locomotive 3223 | 16-12-83 | Baquedano, Henschel Brand, Germany, type Q, former Chilian Northern |
Machinery house |
16-12-83 | Baquedano |
Power house | 16-12-83 | Baquedano |
Maintenance workshop |
16-12-83 | Baquedano |
Nitrate Hauler Car, C50-6 (made of Wood) |
16-12-83 | Baquedano; Belgium, probably former FC de Iquique to Pintados |
Nitrate Hauler Car C50 (made of Wood) | 16-12-83 | Baquedano; Belgium, probably former FC de Iquique to Pintados |
Nitrate hauler car (made of Steel) | 16-12-83 | Baquedano, American, probably former FC de Iquique to Pintados |
Saloon wagon | 16-12-83 | Baquedano |
Water Carrier Car - Macdonald, Gibbs | 16-12-83 | Formerly believed to be in Baquedano*. It was seen in the workshop in Coquimbo on February 6th 1990, but its current location is unknown. It was owned by EFE, Northern Network, Socometal brand, 1960 app. |
Saloon wagon 2t-66 | 16-12-83 | Baquedano |
Wagon “in poor conditions” | 16-12-83 | Baquedano |
Dusty wagon | 16-12-83 | Antofagasta |
Old station of FCAB | 12-01-80 | Taltal, steam engine, Kitson-Meyer model |
Locomotive No. 59 | 10-05-89 | Kitson, Leeds, 1909, former FC de Taltal |
Railway Location | 15-11-83 | Taltal |
Locomotive “Junín” | 29-09-89 | Industrial Museum of Leeds*; to diesel, mechanics, Hundswell, Clark |
Locomotive “Copiapó” | 27-05-52 | Copiapó; Norris Brothers brand, USA, 1850, former FC de Copiapó |
Station | 29-10-81 | Copiapó |
House of railway workers | 29-10-81 | Copiapó |
Station | 20-07-64 | Caldera |
Station | 27-08-96 | Cachiyuyo |
Wall of former station | 25-06-92 | La Serena |
Station | 29-10-04 | Salamanca |
Station Locomotive Dt-4001 | 10-07-08 | Talca (previously in the list of Northern Network), diesel, General Electric brand, USA, 1945 |
Locomotive 3087 | 30-05-06 | Quinta Normal; steam, R type, former Northern Network, Rogers brand, USA |
Locomotive 3045 | 30-05-06 | Quinta Normal; steam, K type, former Northern Network, Borsig brand, Germany |
Notes: * piece´s location is unknown. According to the respective decrees, piece should be accounted for | ||
Source: Council of National Monuments, personal observation. |
Cuadro 7: HIGH HITORICAL VALUE RAILWAY ELEMENTS OF FERRONOR PRECESSORS. PIECES NOT DECLARED NATIONAL MONUMENTS | |
PIECE | LOCATION AND OBSERVATIONS |
Locomotive No. 3, steam, Iquique Port, |
Near a Shell gas station at the Iquique exit point towards Alto Hospicio; one of only two Nitrate Railways locomotives in existence |
Nitrate Railways, Brand Avonside, Bristol, year 1902 | Pozo Almonte; only one in Chile, rare design Baquedano; typical 1950s and 1960s passenger carrier modelutilzed by North Network |
Locomotive No. 4, diesel traction, Iquique Port, EFE fleet Dt-3000 y Dt-3020, General Electric, year 1966 | Baquedano |
Diesel traction car engine ADI-1056, Schindler, Switzerland, year 1955 |
Ferronor offices, Coquimbo |
Special carrier Est-8 | Copiapó Station; very few saltpeter wagons left |
Steam locomotive, model 0-6-2T, Brand Porter, USA, 1910 approx, found in the elements in Carrizal, likely to have been belonged and utilized by private saltpeter office | Potrerillos; sole steam locomotive remaing from that train |
Saltpeter wagons |
Diego de Almagro; best conserved of its kind |
Steam locomotive, model 2-8-2T, Brand Baldwin, No. 2 from FC de Potrerillos | Diego de Almagro; 4 Railway connecting station |
Station with adjacent facilities | Copiapó Station Plaza |
Steam locomotive, model 0-4-2, apparently of Scottish make, metric gauge | Baquedano; locomotive No. 3557. President Juan Antonio Ríos was the conductor for a short distance |
Tender car for locomotive type W, No. 3557, manufactured at Maestranza Central de San Bernardo in 1942 | Baquedano; unique piece, seems to have been utilized as a mobile post office |
Mail wagon, number BCW 8001 | La Calera; connecting point for Norther Network and Railway between Santiago and Valparaíso |
Northern Network Station | Universidad de Atacama, Copiapó; most ancient towed piece in Chile |
4 wooden wagons, 1 435 mm gauge, doublé axle, made in USA in the 1850s, originally belonged to Ferrocarril in Chañarcillo. | |
Source: personal observation |
These two wagons belonged to F.C. de Chañarcillo, and might still exist at Universidad de Atacama, but the locomotive is long gone. (Photo: Ian Thomson’s collection. Unknown photographer)