RENFE (Norte) 4-8-0 No. 240-3001 (4301)
Madrid, Madrid, Spain 		Location: Museo del Ferrocarril de Madrid
Status: Display
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Posted: Dec 13, 2021 @ 07:12:20 by Dale W Fickés
Built by the YEC, Sheffield for the then Spanish Northern (Norte) Railway as their No. 4301, when sub-contracting for Babcock & Wilcox, Bilbao as their works construction No. 101. After a relatively short working life this, as RENFE No. 240-3001 and fourteen other members of the class, finally worked at the head of coal trains around Ponferrada where several local locomotives are now preserved.
Posted: Mar 14, 2009 @ 21:03:04 by richard west
his locomotive was constructed by the Yokshire Engine Company of Sheffield, UK. Cylinders (3): 520 x 660mm Driving wheels: 1560mm Grate area: 4.6 sq metres Boiler pressure: 13kg/sq cm