Vamos a viajar en el tiempo, concretamente hasta 1929...
Bonita fotografía, ¿verdad?. Estamos viendo uno de los trenes que hacían las delicias de los visitantes en la exposición iberoamericana de 1929. Era cuatro locomotoras las que habían, La Niña, La Pinta, La Santa María y La Sevilla.
Esta que vemos no se cual es de todas ellas, pero si el lugar donde se capturó a modo de imagen....
La imagen esta tomada en la Avenida de la Raza, en la esquina de Galerías de Exposición, unas naves enormes que fueron pabellones de exposición y que aún están en pié...
Esta tomando la curva de la desaparecida Plaza de los Conquistadores, para de nuevo retornar a la Plaza de España...
Era una recorrido bastante largo de más de 5 kilómetros y con varias estaciones a lo largo del trayecto...
Pero ahora vamos a la madre del cordero, ¿que pasó con esas 4 locomotoras?, y sí, vayanse poniendo en lo peor.
Acaba la exposición, y las locomotoras son tiradas en un almacén tras el Parque de Maria Luisa. De ahí salen en contadas ocasiones. Después una se traslada a un parque infantil y las otras a unos locales bajo el desaparecido puente de la Enramadilla.
Ahora viene el verdadero maltrato...un alcalde las quiere recuperar para un proyecto de ocio en la ciudad, pero cuando el consistorio cambia de manos, el alcalde entrante dice que nones...y así van pasándose la bola de alcalde a alcalde durante mas de 20 años. Os suena, ¿verdad?, ellos a lo suyo y quien pierde siempre es la ciudad.
Pasan los años, el deterioro y el abandono continúa, tanto es así que no se logran vender ni para chatarra, hasta que se logra un acuerdo con un empresario que se las lleva a Madrid, bueno, se lleva dos de las cuatro, por que una acaba en Sturrgart, Alemania...
Otra en los bajos de la estación de Santa Justa, donde al menos se conserva de la corrosión y el vandalismo, y las otras dos que fueron a Madrid, ahiii las otras dos!!!..., ¿se acuerdan de ese programa infantil de los 80, que dió forma y creatividad a toda una generación española?, si Barrio Sésamo, púes allí, en la intro de ese programa podíamos ver a nuestras dos últimas locomotoras....
Pues fueron desguazadas para poder reconstruir una totalmente funcional para el parque de atracciones de la Casa de Campo de Madrid, donde fué grabada dicha intro.
Así acabaron cuatro locomotoras que fueron parte importante de la historia de nuestra ciudad, y que durante un año hicieron la delicia de mas de medio millón de personas que hicieron uso de él...
Esta ciudad es un auténtico desastre para con su patrimonio, y no somos capaces de formar a alcaldes y delegados que quieran y sepan mirar por el futuro de nuestro patrimonio o de nuestra historia, que sean capaces de dejar a un lado su ombligo político y velen de una vez por nuestra ciudad y su historia.
En 2017 tenemos un nuevo reto, una ultima oportunidad de redención, El Puente de Hierro, que permanece arrumbado bajo el Quinto Centenario expoliado por los vándalos.
...Continuará...
Domingo Lopez Río
Aavv amigos de la locomotora
10 comentarios:
Ciertamente que esta ciudad es un poco madrastra de sí misma. También en la Expo'92 se construyó un teleférico que acabaron por desmontar. Uno, en su poquedad, no entiende estas costosas instalaciones tan efímeras, a las que se suma otros malos tratos del patrimonio como la actual Plaza del Duque.
Saludos.
Desconocía esta historia,
me ha resultado muy interesante. Gracias por compartirla.
Saludos.
gracias por el trabajo.saludos
Gracias a todos por vuestros comentarios.
Es un placer leeros.
To take up the story. One locomotive No.8456 remained in Sevilla. The other three locomotives and the railway passenger carriages went the the Parque de Atracciones, at Caso de Campo in Madrid. I saw them there in 1992. No.8455 was complete though not operational. No.8473 had been turned into a diesel, and its boiler was missing. No.8457 had been partly dismantled in the maintenance facility. The Parque stopped using them, and in about 2002, they went, along with seven carriages to three Spanish railway enthusiasts in Matero, near Barcelona. No.8455 was steamed. No.8457 was reassembled. No.8473 had its diesel modification removed. The enthusiasts in Matero could not get permission to build a railway, so they sold No.8455 to the Killesberg Park Railway in Stuttgart, Germany. No.8457 was sold to the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway Preservation Society in England, and has now been steamed. No.8473 was sold to some English railway enthusiasts who are now restoring it as a steam locomotive. I have a question. Is there any 1.929 or 1.930 documents that relate the names Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria and Sevilla to the Krauss locomotive numbers? The names were on the tenders, and there has been some swapping around in later years.
I saw three of the locomotives at the Parque de Atracciones, Casa de Campo, in Madrid in 1992. At that time Krauss No.8455 was complete, but not functional. No.8473 had been converted into a diesel, and No.8457 was in pieces in the maintenance facility. No.8456 has remained in Sevilla. In about 2002, the Parque de Atracciones had dismantled the railway, and the whole lot was redundant. Everything of the Sevilla railway was purchased from the Parque by three Spanish railway enthusiasts from Mataro, near Barcelona. They brought No.8455 to life, and reassembled No.8457. However, they could not gain permission to build a railway. So, No 8455 was sold to the Killesberg Park Railway in Stuttgart, Germany, and after further restoration, is now steaming there. In 2016, No.8457 was sold to the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Preservation Society in England. This loco has had a lot of further restoration, and in 2018 will be inaugurated into service on the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway. Also in 2016, the remains of No.8473, which has no boiler or cab, was sold to two English railway enthusiasts. They have started to restore it, with a view to building it a new boiler, manufacturing all the missing parts, and making it back to how it was when at Sevilla in 1929. I am trying to piece together the history of these locomotives, and would like to know if there is any documentation from 1.929 that directly links the names Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria and Sevilla to the Krauss builders numbers Nos. 8455, 8456, 8457 and 8473??? The locomotive’s names were on the tenders, and these appear to have been swapped around, when they were got out of the municipal storage. Also, further photographs and movie of the Sevilla 1.929 railway would be great.
I saw three of the locomotives at the Parque de Atracciones, Casa de Campo, in Madrid in 1992. At that time Krauss No.8455 was complete, but not functional. No.8473 had been converted into a diesel, and No.8457 was in pieces in the maintenance facility. No.8456 has remained in Sevilla. In about 2002, the Parque de Atracciones had dismantled the railway, and the whole lot was redundant. Everything of the Sevilla railway was purchased from the Parque by three Spanish railway enthusiasts from Mataro, near Barcelona. They brought No.8455 to life, and reassembled No.8457. However, they could not gain permission to build a railway. So, No 8455 was sold to the Killesberg Park Railway in Stuttgart, Germany, and after further restoration, is now steaming there. In 2016, No.8457 was sold to the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Preservation Society in England. This loco has had a lot of further restoration, and in 2018 will be inaugurated into service on the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway. Also in 2016, the remains of No.8473, which has no boiler or cab, was sold to two English railway enthusiasts. They have started to restore it, with a view to building it a new boiler, manufacturing all the missing parts, and making it back to how it was when at Sevilla in 1929. I am trying to piece together the history of these locomotives, and would like to know if there is any documentation from 1.929 that directly links the names Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria and Sevilla to the Krauss builders numbers Nos. 8455, 8456, 8457 and 8473??? The locomotive’s names were on the tenders, and these appear to have been swapped around, when they were got out of the municipal storage. Also, further photographs and movie of the Sevilla 1.929 railway would be great.
las locomotoras las compráron unos aficionados de Mataró, que las restauraron y vendieron por un dineral a inglaterra, así que nunca más las volveremos a ver por aquí, así es como españa cuida su patrimonio,...
aquí os dejo el enlace de la página dónde los ingleses fardan con el tren "que se han traído" de españa. Así podréis conocer más a fondo la história.
http://trainfromspain.org/
Siento corregir al autor de esta entrada el blog, pero la intro de Barrio Sésamo no fue grabada en el Parque de Atracciones de Madrid. Por tanto, el tren de Barrio Sésamo nada tiene que ver con el "Ferrocarril del Oeste" del parque madrileño, y por ellono tiene relación alguna con los trenes alemanes de la Exposición Iberoamericana del 29. El tren de Barrio Sésamo es el de la antigua Ciudad de los Muchachos de Ventas, en Madrid. Más información en:
https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/02/26/tentaciones/1519666693_191243.html
Geoff, regarding the four Krauss locomotives of Sevilla 29, according to what I have read, three composicions were purchased originally with the names of the Colón ships, and a fourth was ordered later due to the success of the railway, called "Sevilla". As we know, their numbers were 8455, 8456, 8457 and 8473. It seems logical than the 8473 is the one called "Sevilla". This one was not only converted into a diesel at Parque de Atracciones, it also received a new bodywork inspired by the DRB 01.10 Class locomotives design. It seems Parque de Atracciones made some swaping with the tenders, as this machine (the supposed "Sevilla") used then the tender of the "Pinta".
Now, the Ravenglass one (8457) is supposed to be the "Pinta" and the Killegsberg (8455) one the "Santa Maria", but it could be just the opposite due to the more than possible swapping of the tenders. Sadly, I don't have more information.
If you have any further information about the 8473, please let us know. I would love to trace the machine and, if possible, see it again. I took a few rides at this railway at Parque de Atracciones when I was a child.
Thanks and best regards,
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