La Cia de Gas de Santiago 0-4-0ST No. 'BLAS VIAL'
Santiago, Chile
Location: Parque de los Gasometros
Status: Display
Posted: Aug 17, 2026 @ 06:08:22 by Eddie Wearing
Both locos MW 1639 and 1770 plinthed outdoors by 2007-2025+
Posted: Jun 3, 2026 @ 14:06:08 by Steve Frost, European Editor
The former Santiago gasworks is now reimagined as a tourist park. Can you imagine that? In the UK they just clear the site, remove contaminated soil and redevelop it. Clearly, there is more imagination in Latin America.