Far Wheels - Appendix 2

Appendix 2 to Far Wheels

STEAM LOCOMOTIVES
1887 – 1900 75 cm gauge 1900 – 1926 95 crn gauge

No.	Builder	C/N	Date	Type	Cyls.	DD	Weight	Note
I	Henschel	2430	1887	0 – 4 – 0T				Scrapped by 1926
2	Henschel	2452	1887	0 – 4 – 0T
3	Henschel	2453	1887	0 – 4 – 0T
4	Henschel	2486	1887	0 – 4 – 0T
5(?)				0 – 4 – 0T
6 (?)				0 – 4 – 0T
7				0 – 4 – 0T
8 – 10	Maffei, Munich	2641-3	1907	0 – 4 – 4 – 0T	265 and 430 X 500	900	35.0	Mallet Compounds
11-15	Ansaldo, Genova	912 - 6	1911	0 – 4 – 4 – 0T
I6-I7		1060 – I	1913	0 – 4 – 4 – 0T
I8 – 23		1107 – I2	1914	0 – 4 – 4 – 0T
41-45		1300 – 4	1922	0 – 8 – 0T	400 X 500	900	42.5	Klein-Linder type

Miscellaneous Locomotives

No.	Builder	C/N	Date	Type	Cyls.	DD	Weight	Note
1	A. Koppel		1905		150 X 285			60 cm. gauge
2			1905
3			1905					secondhand
4	Henschcl	I638	1883					from Fossano- Mondovi Ry.
5	H. K. Porter	6288	1919		280X350			60 cm. gauge
6		4256	1909
7			1912

Note. All dimensions in millimeters.

1927 – 1938 95 cm gauge

Orig. No.	No.	Builder	C/N	Date	Type	Cyls.	DD	Weight	Note
	R202.01 – 03	Ernesto Breda, Milan	2168-70	1927	0 – 4 – 0T	280 X 325	720	20.16
	R202.04 – 05		2272 – 3	1929	0 – 4 – 0T
	R441.25 – 27	S.A. Officine Mecaniche Italiane, R.cggio Emilio (SAOMI)	136-8	1933	0–4–4–0T	4 – 330X 500	900	46.0	Four cylinder simple engine – Walschaerts valve gear
	R441.28 – 32	SAOM	1139 – 143	1933	0–4–4–0T				Four cylinder simple engine – Caprotti valve gear.
	R441.33 – 40	Reggiane	144 – 7	1933	0–4–4–0T				Four cylinder simple engine – Walschaerts valve gear
	R202.106–111	Ernesto Breda, Milan	2452 – 7	1937	0 – 4 – 0T	280 X 325	720	20.16
	440.001 – 004	Ansaldo, Genova	1113 – 6	1914	0–4–4–0T	265 and 430 X 500	900	35.0	Four cylinder Mallet cornpound type built for Italian State Railway construction line Bologna-Appeninc Tunnel. Transferred upon completion of the tunnel in 1934 to Sicily and again in 1936 – 1937 to Eritrea.
	440.005 – 006		1117-8	1915	0–4–4–0T
	440.007 – 012		1161-6	1915	0–4–4–0T
13 – I5	440.013 – 0I5		914 – 6	1911	0–4–4–0T
I6 – 17	440. 0I6 – 0I7		1060 – 1	1913	0–4–4–0T
15 – 23	440.0I8 – 023		1107 – I2	1914	0–4–4–0T
24	440.024	F. E., Asmara		1931	0–4–4–0T				Built from parts of scrapped locomotives
8 – 10	440.025 – 027	Maffei, Munich	2641 – 3	1907	0–4–4–0T				Built from parts of scrapped locomotives
11 – 12	440.028 – 029	Ansaldo, Genova	912 – 3	1911	0–4–4–0T
	440.030 – 031	F. E., Asmara		1939	0–4–4–0T				Built from parts of scrapped locomotives
	R442.53 – 60	Ansaldo, Gcnova	1363 – 70	1938	0–4–4–0T	330 and 484 X 500	900	48.2
	IV41 –IV45	Ansaldo, Genova	1300 – 4	1938	0 – 8 – 0T	400 X 500	900	42.5	Klein-Linder locomotives.
	30I.001 – 3	C. M. Saronno	404, 466 474	1912	2 – 6 – 0T	380 X 450	950	36.0	Built for Italian State Railway in Sicily as Nos. 305, 307, 315 and R301.32. First three renurnbered in 1914. R301.5, R301.7 and R.301.15. Sent to Mogadiscio and Massaua 1926 – 1927. Withdrawn 1937 – 1938, but not scrapped until after 1944.
	30I.004	Ansaldo, Genova	612	1914	2 – 6 – 0T				Built for Italian State Railway in Sicily as Nos. 305, 307, 315 and R301.32. First three renurnbered in 1914. R301.5, R301.7 and R.301.15. Sent to Mogadiscio and Massaua 1926 – 1927. Withdrawn 1937 – 1938, but not scrapped until after 1944.
	300.001 – 2	SAOMI	40 – 1	1918	0 – 6 – 0T	307 X 350	720		Built for Nurra Mining Co in north-west Sardinia. Sent to Mogadiscio 1927 – I928. Transferred to Massaua 1934 – I938 period. Returned to Italy 1945 and operating on the Calabria-Lucania Railways.

1939 Renumbering

1927 – 1938 Numbers	1939 Numbers	Number of Engines in Class	In Servce 1945	In Servce 1955	Note
R202.01 – 05 R202.106 – 111	202.001 – 005 202.006 – 011	11	9	9
440.001 – 031	No change	29	15	5
R441.25 – 27 R441.28 – 32 R441.33 – 40	441.101 – 103 441.201 – 205 441.001 – 008	16	12	1	1 & 2
R442-53-60	No change
IV 41-45	443.00I – 005	5	4	0
300.001 – 2	No change	2	2	0
30I.001 – 4	No change	4	0	0
		75	50	23

Notes: 1. This Class renunibered again when certain engines were rebuilt with superheaters. See below. The rernaining engine of this Class No. 441.110 was rebuilt post-war to a compound Mallet.
2 No. 441.106, No. 441.101, No. 441.201 and No. 441.204 were sent to Libya by the British Army in I944 to work on the Benghazi, Barce &Solluch Ry. This line is now the Cyrenaican Government R.y. One of the engines is still in service.

I939-I940 Rebuilding of 441 Class

The intention was to rebuild locomotives No. 44r.001 to No. 441.008 with superheaters. No. 441.101 to No. 441.103 were originally constructed superheated and the rebuilt engines were to be numbered in this series. Only four engines were completed before the Italians were defeated.

Original Number	New Number
441.001	441.104
441.003	441.106
441.007	441.110
441.008	441.111

INTERNAL COMBUSTION EQUIPMENT

Diesel Electric Locomotives

No.	Builder	C/N	Date	Type	DD	Weight	Note
DE 201 – 204	Brown Boveri, Milan	4217/20	1940	Bo + Bo	550 H.P	41.5 tons	These engines never reached Eritrea. They were sent to the Benghazi, Barce & Sollum Ry. where No. DE 204 was destroyed in 1942. The British War Department renumbered the engines No. 70634 – 36. Two remain in service on the Cyrenaican Government Ry.
Number unknown	Brown Boveri, Milan	4067	1935	Bo	150 H.P.		This engine was transferred to Massaua from Mogadiscio in 1942 and is still in service there.

Rail Cars

No	BuiIder	Date	DD
I – 2	Fiat, Torino	1935	120 H.P.gasoline engine
3 – 9	Fiat, Torino	1937	Two 110 H.P.diesel engines

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