Allard Dolfus Sillard et Wiriot 2-6-0 Locomotives in Chile

Class Luz (Locobase 13990)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Volume 44, p. 196. Works number was 37894 in June 1912.

Identical to the 20 engines supplied by Baldwin to the Chilean State Railways in 1907 (Locobase 13127), this Mogul was employed by a well-known Paris-based construction firm that had recently supervised the expansion of Uruguay's port of Montevideo. They had then won the contract to execute similar work in Argentina's Mar de Plata..The firm then secured a contract in 1910 to build a naval dock at Talcahuano as part of Chile's naval expansion.

The specs display an interest in bottom-line power in requiring the Luz to haul 1,700 short tons on the level at 10 mph (16 km/h). No grades or curves appear in the order.

Note preserving off-topic fun fact: Allard, Dollfus, Sillard and Wiriot maintained a durable presence in Argentina, at least to the point of sponsoring a football (soccer) club. John Ashdown's survey of football clubs named for people in the Guardian (16 February 2010) quoted Russell Yong, on the source of Club AtlTtico Aldosivi "[The name] originates from the first two letters of the last names of the four original founders. Allard, Dollfus, Sillard and Wiriott [sic] v the W changing to a V due to there being no W key on the telegraph that originally announced the club's formation." (See []).