FCGU1 4-6-0 No. 658
Buenos Aires, Argentina 		Location: Museo Nacional Ferroviario
Status: Display
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1 FCGU Ferrocarril General Urquiza General Urquiza Railway
Posted: Jul 27, 2018 @ 14:07:48 by Robin R Beck
One of the ROD 4-6-0T locomotives, built after the war ended. Supplied to Buenos Aires & Great Southern railway (BAGS) who operated a 600mm as well as broad gauge railway. It was altered, the side tanks removed and a converted flat wagon was added acting as a tender, becoming a 4-6-0. BAGS Spanish name was Ferrocarril del Sud. Photos show ex ROD 4-6-0 with FCS lettering on the loco. In 1948 Argentinas railways were nationalized and split into 6 divisions. BAGS became part of Ferrocarril General Urquirza. 1332 became FCGU number 658.

When preserved it was originally displayed outside the Polyclinic Ferroviario, Retiro, Buenos Airies, a hospital paid for by railway workers donations or union fees. When railways were privatized, railway workers numbers decreased rapidly. The hospital lost funding, closing in 1999. Shortly afterwards 1332 moved a short distance to be displayed outside Museo Nacional Ferroviario, Retiro, a short walk from Estacion Retiro. There is no tender preserved.

Posted: Dec 18, 2009 @ 06:12:28 by Bob Horner
Was still present, much as pictured on 21 Nov 2009.
Posted: Jun 27, 2009 @ 11:06:43 by Marcelo
Location: Museo Nacional Ferroviario, Retiro, Buenos Aires.
Posted: Sep 2, 2007 @ 15:09:30 by Steve Frost
Interesting. It looks exactly like the World War 1 War Department 4-6-0Ts used on lines to the front, some of which survive worldwide. Obviously the side tanks are missing, but there is no tender with it. Did it operate in Argentina with a tender? Certainly there is a full back on the cab as on the tank engines supplied to the front, which a tender engine would not have. The constuction number looks to be in the right range, although the post WW1 build sate may mean that it was built to the same design as supplied to the British Army. Some more information on its history would be helpful.