Andaluces 2-6-0 Locomotives in Spain

Class 130-2034, 130-2051 (Locobase 3475)

Data from [], but clarification from Justo Arenillas in "Las locomotoras belgas de Andaluces", Lineas Del Tren (as reproduced on [], viewed 28 April 2003).

These relatively large Moguls were originally supplied as 0-6-0s in two batches. The first 12 came in 1886, the later 20 in 1891. Builders were Cockerill and Societe Alsacienne. Arenillas tells us that Andaluces found that the original design had tall enough drivers for passenger work but that the lack of a leading or trailing axle didn't allow for high-enough speed without unstable riding qualities.

As a result, all 32 locomotives were transformed to Moguls in Andaluces' own shops at Malaga between 1910 and 1927. The rework proved a pretext for enlarging the boiler and installing a Belpaire firebox ("more appropriate for burning low-quality coal"). Arenillas' qualified endorsement of the result: "With these modifications, both an increase in the power of these locomotives and a reduction in coal consumption were achieved, but the the exterior esthetic aspect [or look] that resulted was both very strange and not very attractive." He may have been referring to the oversized leading truck wheels and the awkward outward-slanting pistons positioned between the truck and the first driven axle.

Still, he admits, the overhaul was good enough for RENFE to adopt them all in 1941 and keep them in service through 1960 on secondary Andalusian lines, frequently pulling passenger trains.