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Date: 10/31/24 06:34
Kitson Meyer in Argentina
Author: masterphots

As an addendem to boilingman's post about the Chilean Kitson-Meyer engine,  here is a photo of one on the Argentine side of the Trans-Andine Railway.  EFEA Kitson-Meyer No. 42 (Kitson & Co. CN 4669, built in 1909)
simmers at Mendoza, Argentina on 12/3/72.  By this date, the auxiliary cylinders and rack mechanism had been removed.  The line in Argentina having been dieselized with GE-Alco shovel noses, the Kitson was working its final days as a switcher in the flat Mendoza area.   Photographer unknown,  my collection



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/31/24 06:36 by masterphots.




Date: 10/31/24 06:53
Re: Kitson Meyer in Argentina
Author: chefjavier

I was in Mendoza in April. I didn't know they have RR out there. Were they still operating?

Javier Ortiz
Lakewood, CO



Date: 10/31/24 07:41
Re: Kitson Meyer in Argentina
Author: Stevo_Weimario

Wow, what a magnificent (and complex looking) beastie! Any more images?
Thanks for sharing.

S_W



Date: 10/31/24 07:47
Re: Kitson Meyer in Argentina
Author: masterphots

Stevo_Weimario Wrote:
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> Wow, what a magnificent (and complex looking)
> beastie! Any more images?
> Thanks for sharing.
>
> S_W

Only color I've ever seen of one of these



Date: 10/31/24 07:53
Re: Kitson Meyer in Argentina
Author: masterphots

chefjavier Wrote:
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> I was in Mendoza in April. I didn't know they have
> RR out there. Were they still operating? 

A remnant of the Belgrano Ry is now a trolley operation,  using former San Diego trolleys.  Still in red but with the Mendoza transit logo.  Within a few miles of centro Mendoza, there is a freight operation from Palmyra to Canada Honda which haul gravel trains.  At Palmyra,  it joins the mainline east to Buenos Aires.  Gravel from the nearby dry riverbeds is a principal source of building material for the nation.



Date: 10/31/24 08:37
Re: Kitson Meyer in Argentina
Author: LTCerny

Why isn't this on the international board?



Date: 10/31/24 09:10
Re: Kitson Meyer in Argentina
Author: Gonut1

Who cares what board this is on? It is clearly stated that this is an addendum to a former post on THIS board. That is a strange and complicated piece of machinery! Very interesting locomotive.
Gonut



Date: 10/31/24 09:30
Re: Kitson Meyer in Argentina
Author: 90mac

That's an AMAZING little spud!
Love the looks of it.
TAH



Date: 10/31/24 09:32
Re: Kitson Meyer in Argentina
Author: callum_out

That truly fits the old "ORO" description, and I'd bet there aren't a lot of color shots od that locomotive,
great post.

Out 



Date: 10/31/24 09:43
Re: Kitson Meyer in Argentina
Author: ATSFSuperCap

Do you have the date of SR's post on the Kitson Meyer?   I looked back a week or so and only see his incredible series on Atacama.

Richard.



Date: 10/31/24 11:31
Re: Kitson Meyer in Argentina
Author: masterphots

ATSFSuperCap Wrote:
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> Do you have the date of SR's post on the Kitson
> Meyer?   I looked back a week or so and only see
> his incredible series on Atacama.
>
> Richard.

Please see his post four days ago "A Horse With No Name"



Date: 10/31/24 11:36
Re: Kitson Meyer in Argentina
Author: longliveSP

masterphots Wrote:
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> ATSFSuperCap Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Do you have the date of SR's post on the Kitson
> > Meyer?   I looked back a week or so and only
> see
> > his incredible series on Atacama.
> >
> > Richard.
>
> Please see his post four days ago "A Horse With No
> Name"

Maybe mention the fact that it is posted in the correct forum, which is not this current one?



Date: 10/31/24 11:40
Re: Kitson Meyer in Argentina
Author: longliveSP

masterphots Wrote:
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> As an addendem to boilingman's post about the
> Chilean Kitson-Meyer engine, 

Um, but that is in a different forum, so it is not really an addendum is it?

Continuity is important for clear understanding.



Date: 10/31/24 11:50
Re: Kitson Meyer in Argentina
Author: misty1

You are hollering about being in the wrrong forum. Does that mean I can't post a NS engine west of the Mississippi river on the west board. What about the guys on the  east board posting UP and BNSF. By your standard(which you don't have) I enjoy seeing what is posted and I don't care which board it's on.

Ed



Date: 10/31/24 18:16
Re: Kitson Meyer in Argentina
Author: E25

' Lucky that this isn't a political forum... LOL

Greg Stadter
Phoenix, AZ



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