Engineering:La Porteña (railway engine)

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La Porteña
Fc locomotora portena 1925.jpg
La Porteña c. 1925
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderE. B. Wilson and Company at The Railway Foundry, Leeds
Serial number570
Build date1856
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte2-2-0T
 • UIC1A n2t
Gauge5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)
Leading dia.4 ft 0 in (1,219 mm)
Driver dia.4 ft 0 in (1,219 mm)
Loco weight15.50 tons
Firebox:
 • Firegrate area		5.48 sq ft (0.509 m2)
Boiler pressure120 lbf/in2 (827 kPa)
Heating surface319.11 sq ft (29.646 m2)
CylindersTwo, outside
Cylinder size10 in × 15 in (254 mm × 381 mm)
Career
OperatorsBuenos Aires Western Railway
Numbers
  • 2 (1856–1870)
  • 1 (1870–)
First run29 August 1857
Retired1889
Current ownerComplejo Museográfico Provincial Enrique Udaondo
DispositionPreserved

La Porteña was the first steam locomotive to circulate in the Buenos Aires City.[1] It was introduced during the government of Pastor Obligado by the Anglo-Argentine Daniel Gowland, in charge of bringing the machine from England towards the end of the 1850s.[2] It was inaugurated on August 29, 1857, covering the routes of Del Parque railway station to the town of Floresta.[3]

La Porteña c. 1870

References

  1. ↑ Historia general de la Provincia de Buenos Aires: Desde los primitivos aborígenes hasta el gobierno de Luis Monteverde, 10,000 a C.-1922. Daniel Alberto Chiarenza. 1928. https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=eEzjAAAAMAAJ&q=locomotora+la+porte%C3%B1a+buenos+aires&dq=locomotora+la+porte%C3%B1a+buenos+aires&hl=es&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiXk6OOyYzzAhUYqZUCHdq_Afg4FBDoAXoECAcQAg. 
  2. ↑ Boletin, Volumen 21. Pan American Railway Congress Association. Permanent Commission. 1937. https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=XCdCAQAAIAAJ&q=daniel+gowland+locomotora+la+porte%C3%B1a&dq=daniel+gowland+locomotora+la+porte%C3%B1a&hl=es&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjC-Y33yYzzAhWHrZUCHdKhCXI4ChDoAXoECAsQAg. 
  3. ↑ Boletín de la Unión Panamericana, Volumen 82. Pan American Union. 1948. https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=HMkyAQAAIAAJ&q=locomotora+la+porte%C3%B1a+estacion+del+parque&dq=locomotora+la+porte%C3%B1a+estacion+del+parque&hl=es&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiG28aYy4zzAhXCrpUCHWoPBCI4ChDoAXoECAMQAg. 





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