Western Railroad Discussion > Kitson Meyer in Argentina

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.

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

Javier Ortiz
Lakewood, CO

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

S_W

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

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.

Why isn't this on the international board?

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

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

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 

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.

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"

masterphots Wrote:
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> 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.
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> 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?

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.

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

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

Greg Stadter
Phoenix, AZ