Surviving Narrow Gauge Steam in Italy - Part 4, Sardinia

These pages are the work of Thomas Kautzor and date from June 2021:

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Introduction

Part 1 - Sicily

Part 2 - Southern Italy

Part 3 - Other Areas Two new pictures were added on 9th November 2021

In Sardinia, not much has changed from the situation reported by Clive Hepworth in 2017. FCS 400 has probably not operated since then, the Trenino Verde trains are all diesel loco-hauled or railcar, the Monserrato Museum remains closed, and most of the plinthed or dumped locos remain at the same locations they were at back then, except for rusty SFS 7 and 11 which were moved from Tempio to Sassari in 12.2020 for cosmetic restoration. 

On February 23, 2021 however, a strange event happened. Thirty locomotives, railcars and other pieces of rolling stock were seized from the depots of Monserrato, Mandas, Sassari and Macomer during an island-wide joint raid by the Guardia di Finanza and the Carabinieri’s Cultural Heritage Protection Unit. As the items could not be removed, they were secured with red and white flying tape. Investigators coordinated by the Public Prosecutor’s Office then carried checks to ascertain how the vintage stock was in a state of neglect and a poor state of conservation. Given that these items are considered assets of national historical interest, they should have been adequately preserved, and the investigators are now evaluating the possibility of pressing charges for a range of crimes from damage to the national historical cultural heritage, the illicit use of cultural assets, up to abuse of office.

Ferrovie Complementari della Sardegna (FCS, 1921 ex SFSS, 950 mm)

	14 “Nuoro” (SLM 531/1888) Nettunia Sud, stored near Rome (no photo)
	36 “Po” (SLM 650/1891) Nettunia Sud, stored near Rome (also reported as 7 “Sassari” – SLM 490/1887) (no photo)
	43 “Goito” (SLM 857/1894) stored Museo Monserrato (Cagliari), formerly active, (James Waite’s 05.2009 pic https://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/italy11.htm)
	45 (SLM 859/1894) plinthed Fiumicino, 2018 ex Nettunia Sud (02.11.2020)
	1 (Breda 1537/1914) stored at Sorgono (15.03.2021)
	2 (Breda 1538/1914) stored at Mandas (15.03.2021)
	3 (Breda 1539/1914) stored at Mandas (15.03.2021)
	4 (Breda 1540/1914) stored at Macomer (17.03.2021)
	5 (Breda 1541/1914) stored at Macomer, formerly active (17.03.2021)
	6 (Breda 1542/1914) stored at Mandas (15.03.2021)
	7 “Giara” (Breda 1543/1914) plinthed at Citta Mercato, Monserrato (Cagliari) (13.03.2021)
	200 (0-4+4-0T, Mallet, BMAG 4349/1909) Nettunia Sud, stored near Rome (no photo)
	201 (0-4+4-0T Mallet, BMAG 4350/1909) dumped at Monserrato (Cagliari) (14.03.2021)
	202 (0-4+4-0T Mallet, Henschel 11669/1913; 1962 ex Ferrovia Adriatico-Appennino 27, ex Ferrovia Sangritana 7) dumped at Monserrato (Cagliari) (15.03.2021)
	Which of the three locos at Monserrato is which is uncertain.
	300 (2-8-0T, O&K 5758/1914, 225 PS, rebuilt from 0-8-0T in 1916) dumped Monserrato (Cagliari) (15.03.2021)
	301 (2-8-0T, O&K 5759/1914, 225 PS, rebuilt from 0-8-0T in 1916) plinthed in Isili, formerly dumped at Mandas (15.03.2021)
	302 (2-8-0T, O&K 7721/1914, 225 PS, rebuilt from 0-8-0T in 1916) dumped Monserrato (Cagliari) (15.03.2021)
	303 (2-8-0T, O&K 7722/1914, 225 PS, rebuilt from 0-8-0T in 1916) dumped Monserrato (Cagliari) (15.03.2021)
	400 (2-6-2T, OM Reggiane 133/1931) serviceable at Monserrato (Cagliari) (Clive Hepworth’s 06.2017 pic https://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/italy18.htm)
	401 (2-6-2T, OM Reggiane 134/1931) scrapped in 1997 (no photo)
	402 (2-6-2T, OM Reggiane 135/1931) stored Museo Monserrato (Cagliari), formerly active (James Waite’s 05.2009 pic https://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/italy11.htm)

Ferrovie Meridionali Sarde (FMS, 950 mm)

	101 (Breda 2145/1925) plinthed at Museo del Carbone, Iglesias (14.03.2021)
	106 (Breda 2150/1925) plinthed at Caroli srl, Elmas (Cagliari) (14.03.2021)

Strade Ferrate Sarde (SFS, 950 mm): 

	3 “Nulvi” (Breda 2289/1930) stored in Sassari, formerly active (initially as “Willy”) See also https://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/italy24.htm
	4 (Breda 2290/1930) demolished ? (formerly dumped in Tempio) (no photo)
	5 “Laerru” (Breda 2291/1930) stored in Sassari, formerly active (initially as “Elsa”) https://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/italy24.htm
	6 (CEMSA 947/1931) stored in bricked-up shed, Sorso (Sassari) (no photo)
	7 (CEMSA 948/1931) stored at DL Tempio, 12.2020 to Sassari for cosmetic restoration
	11 (CEMSA 952/1931) stored at DL Tempio, 12.2020 to Sassari for cosmetic restoration
	(Clive Hepworth’s 06.2017 pics of 7 & 11 https://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/italy18.htm)
	PS: in addition to 744.003 in Cagliari station, there is another standard gauge FS loco plinthed in Sardegna, which is 740.017 (Ansaldo 953/1911) at Piazza della Locomotiva in Sassari.