Virtual Railfan Tour of Uruguay (1984) - Visit to Panarol Shops

 

We were taken to see Penarol shops which were a mix between locomotive and equipment maintenance facilities and a dump for old, outmoded items ready for the scrapper

Penarol is a little way north of Montevideo just east of the main line

There was a large roundhouse which was not greatly used

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Passenger cars were worked on in this large shed

Much of the work was carried out in the open

There were a couple of small shop switchers. 201 is a GE 25Ton

204 is also a GE 25 Ton, with a more modern paint scheme

Another steam locomotive tender in operable condition

There was a good supply of plain bearing archbar trucks (which were banned in interchange service in North America in 1940 or 1941)

An even more flimsy arch bar truck

Wooden frame trucks

Bearing in mind my interest in grain transportation I was shown a modern hopper car

But much of the interest was in the assorted junk lying around. This is No. 1501 the first of a series of Alco locomotives delivered in 1952

915 is a Ganz-MAVAG (1977-78); 804 is a 1964 Alsthom

The dead line.

But the real prize was this Beyer-Peacock Sentinel vertical boilered locomotive built in Manchester, England in 1889.