Central Mercedita 2-6-2T No. 4 'MARIETTA'
Caracas, Venezuela
Location: Museo de Transporte, Parque del Este
Status: Display
Posted: Mar 3, 2023 @ 08:03:04 by
This locomotive burns oil
Posted: Mar 1, 2023 @ 13:03:50 by
It has an 160 psi boiler
Posted: Oct 21, 2018 @ 14:10:25 by Robin R Beck
Central Mercedita number 4 MARIETTA was new to sugar railway of Central Mercedita of Puerto Rico. Said to have been built as a 0-6-2T. The mill named the loco MARIETTA. Seems to have operated for over 30 years. In 1957 sold to private individual. 1972 was moved to Central Juncos sugar mill for restoration at their workshops to become a stand by steam loco on the FC Historic de PR tourist railway. When this railway closed in 1975 moved to the Museo de Transporte in Caracas, Venezuela.