Bolivia 2-8-0 Locomotives in Bolivia

Class 1/606 (Locobase 21073)

FF CC de Bolivia 1958 Locomotive Diagrams supplied in August 2022 by Allen Stanley from his extensive Rail Data Exchange collection. See also [], accessed 19 August 2007, and Martin Coombs, Bolivian steam locomotive list (October 2020), downloaded from []), p. 16. Works numbers were 41130-41133 in 1906.

The FCB seems to have settled on a specific size and weight for its Consolidations after the turn into the 20th Century. They were soon joined by a slightly larger quartet shown in Locobase 21074. This foursome obviously met the railway's requirements as they had just about reached their 7th decade when the Empresa Nacional de los Ferrocarriles del Estado (ENFE) gave them their final 600-series numbers.

Class 5/405/610 (Locobase 21074)

FF CC de Bolivia 1958 Locomotive Diagrams supplied in August 2022 by Allen Stanley from his extensive Rail Data Exchange collection. See also [], accessed 19 August 2007, and Martin Coombs, Bolivian steam locomotive list (October 2020), downloaded from []), p. 17. Works numbers were 44424-44427 in 1909.

Locobase 21073 shows the first four Paterson, NJ Consolidations delivered in 1906. The Rogers quartet in this entry used a bigger boiler with more, slightly longer boiler tubes and more area in the firebox and grate. The inside link motion was replaced by outside radial constant-lead valve gear feeding larger cylinders. A longer tender held more water and, later on, oil fuel as shown in the specs.

Like the 401s, the 405s remained in service long enough for the Empresa Nacional de los Ferrocarriles del Estado (ENFE) gave them their final 600-series numbers in 1965.

Class 57/361 (Locobase 21070)

Data from FC de Bolivia 11 - 1918 Locomotive and Car Diagrams and FC CC de Bolivia 1958 Locomotive Diagrams, both supplied in August 2022 by Allen Stanley from his extensive Railroad Data Exchange collection. Works numbers were 12544-12547 in 1914.

Henschel's quartet of Consolidations brought superheated freight power to the metre gauge in a relatively compact package just before World War I slowed German locomotive exports to South America to a trickle.

Like most FCAB engines, this class remained in service for decades and received Empresa Nacional de los Ferrocarriles del Estado (ENFE) road numbers in 1965.

Locobase 21071 describes the post-war update to the design that entered service in 1921.

Class 61/361 (Locobase 21071)

Data from FC de Bolivia 11 - 1918 Locomotive and Car Diagrams and FC CC de Bolivia 1958 Locomotive Diagrams, both supplied in August 2022 by Allen Stanley from his extensive Railroad Data Exchange collection. Worls numbers were 18305-18311 in 1921.

Locobase 21070 describes the first four metre-gauge superheated Consolidations of the 57 class delivered by Henschel in 1914. The 61 class enlarged that design in most respects including cylinder diameter, all heating surface areas (tube, flue, grate and firebox areas), boiler pressure. Essentially, the only unchanged measurements were the driver diameters, tube length, and wheelbases.

Like the 57s, the 61s enjoyed long careers. Unlike the 57s, however, the whole class was gone by the time the Empresa Nacional de los Ferrocarriles del Estado (ENFE) would otherwise have renumbered them in 1965.