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Kevin Hoggett reports on his trip with the Railway Touring Company in October
2016.
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Pulacayo
The situation is more or less the same as in John
Middleton’s 2008 report which includes a putative locomotive list. It's
a fascinating place. The mining seems to have expanded, and a battery
locomotive and two Atlas Copco compressed air shovels / loaders were seen on the remaining part of the
762mm (2ft 6in) gauge railway which is still used. The mine's most lucrative
product was silver but associated lead an zinc is present, see http://www.prophecydev.com/projects/pulacayo-silver-lead-zinc/
- link dead by July 2020 - for information on recommencement of mining, there is a gallery of pictures
here: http://www.prophecydev.com/pulacayo-gallery/ - link dead by July 2020 - which shows at least one more battery locomotive (it's quite slow to load the
pictures)
The 0-4-0T with Baldwin plates is definitely a Couiliet.
The turntable is by William Sellers of Philadelphia, No.
1084
Baldwin 0-6-2ST
Robert Stephenson 4-6-0
Hawthorn Leslie 2-8-2
Rogers 2-8-0
Incomplete 0-4-0ST
Ruhrtaler 4WDM
The line leading to the mine:
Mine from a distance, the yellow box is a spare battery for
the loco below
Mine entrance
Battery electric loco (possibly a US Goodman?)
Two Atlas Copco compressed air rocker shovels (loaders)
Also present is this delightful hand crane
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