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Wheels: 2-8-2 Record Created: Before June 10, 2017 Builder: Baldwin Locomotive Works Record Updated: Apr 24, 2022 Build Date: 1947 Action: Details Edited Construction No.: 73057 Change History: Show Empty Weight: 139,000 Views: 1976 WOD: 104,000 Photo Album: Show Driver Diameter: 40" Video: No Tractive Effort: 26,400 Notes: Show Boiler Pressure: 200/150 Links: Show Cylinders: 17x22" Ownership No Fuel: Coal Date of Photo: Unknown Gauge: 36"

Abbreviation	Expansion	English
1 FNC	Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Colombia	National Railways of Colombia
2 FC	Ferrocarril	Railway

Posted: Jan 19, 2022 @ 15:01:13 by Pablo A. Higuita
Hello, just a general note, the train is called "Tren Turistico de la Sabana" and the company that operates it is "Turistren". Also, Steam locomotives used to carry 14 passenger coaches every weekend. Due smoke, the train is regularly haules by diesel power now (U10B), up to 20 coaches.

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Posted: Nov 20, 2008 @ 14:11:40 by John Rapley
This locomotive (No. 75037) is being used on a resucitated portion of the Colombian National Railroad to pull about 8 passenger railcars on a short run out of Bogota. It only operates on week ends and holidays and is denominated the "Turistren de la Sabana"

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