Rick Baxter©2000

There are two types of steam locomotives which are currently in serviceable condition.  The 442 series 0-4-4-0 Mallet (above for example) made by Ansaldo and the small 202 series shunter 0-4-0 (below for example) made by Breda. Six of eleven surviving locomotives have been rebuilt.

Photograph courtesy of Jerry Pry.
This picture of one of the Breda 0-4-0T shunting locomotives was taken on the causeway between Taulud Island and Massawa Island in about 1951

In Italy the tradition was that a central design department owed by the State Railways was designing the locos, and the construction was shared among many builders, - Breda (Milano) was one of them, the others were Ansaldo (Genova) and Officine Meccaniche (Mechanical works) of other cities: Napoli, Saronno, Milano, Reggio Emilia. (Thanks to Renato Gaudio for the design-build process information.)

Mike Cunningham tells us in Locomotives International and that the current locomotives all came from Breda and Ansaldo.

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