Huanchaca de Bolivia 2-8-0 Locomotives in Chile

Class Polapi (Locobase 12521)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Vol 24, pp. 236-237. Works numbers were 19437-19440 in August 1901.

Polapi, Adelante, Exito, and Reserva were the names of this next quartet of Moguls sold to the H de B. They followed the slightly larger 2-6-0s shown in Locobase 11568 and continued the trend toward wholesome nouns for names. (Well, Polapi was a volcano, but Adelante, Exito, and Reserva translate as Forward!, Success!, and ...uh ...Reserve!).

This small Consolidation design had a long boiler for its wheelbase, the tubes measuring 4 feet longer than the adhesion spread. More of the design would follow in 1906, but would weigh about 2 tons less; see Locobase 12594.

Class Vulcano (Locobase 12150)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Volume 19, pp. 236-237. Works numbers were 14461-14465 in September 1895, 17461-17462 in February 1900, 18388-18391 in November.

As delivered, the 1895 Consolidations were named Vulcano, Venus, Apalo, Minerva, and Jupiter. Later batches followed from Baldwin in 1900-1901. The two in February 1900 had local names: Oraro, Francisco Argandona. Names for the November and August 1901 batches were more hortatory: Victoria, Union, Fuerza, Trabajo. Four more slightly smaller engines were delivered in 1901; see Locobase 12521.

The Huanchaca joined the Antofagasta (Chile ) & Bolivia (FCAB) in 1908, at which point the class was renumbered. 93-94, 43-44, 95, 99-108