Steam locomotives Mogadishu–Villabruzzi Railway

1 steam locomotives

1.1 202 series
1.2 440 series
1.3 442 series

steam locomotives

three classes of steam locomotive used: 1 design of 0-4-0 shunter , 2 designs of 0-4-4-0 mallet line service.

202 series

a pair of class 202 locomotives, similar used in somali railway

these small 0-4-0 tank engines , standard shunter locomotives of system, built between 1927 , 1937 firm of breda in milan. have short side tanks, rear coal bunker, , unified, oval dome containing steam dome inside larger sand dome - arrangement, popular worldwide in nations favored sand dome, helped both insulate steam dome , keep sand dry warmth. large, prominent builder s plates adorn domes. use walschaerts valve gear piston valves , superheating.

440 series

one of these mallet locomotives, true mallet , compound, still exists in storage @ asmara railway station. 1915 product of ansaldo in genova.

442 series

a class 440 locomotive, similar used in somali railway



a r.301 locomotive, similar used in somalia

these later, , larger, compound mallet locomotives built ansaldo in genova in 1938 largely replace earlier types, both 440 series , unsuccessful 441 series, simple locomotives (i.e., non-compound) , found liable run out of steam on heavy grades of line. other locomotives tank engines large side tanks , rear coal bunker, under cover of cab roof in design. these quite hefty machines, required tough demands of terrain.