MCL 350
| MCL 350 | |
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 Historic locomotive No. 353 on the turntable in San Nicola-Silvana Mansio
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| Numbering: | 351-361 |
| Manufacturer: | Borsig , Breda , Ansaldo |
| Year of construction (s): | 1926, 1928 |
| Type : | D. |
| Gauge : | 950 mm |
| Length over buffers: | 8700 mm |
| Service mass: | 45 t |
| Top speed: | 45 km / h |
| Indexed performance : | 800 hp |
| Water supply: | 5 m³ |
| Fuel supply: | 1.8 tons of coal |
The class 350 were narrow-gauge four-coupler tank locomotives of the Italian Mediterranea-Calabro-Lucane (MCL).
history
The first partial series of the 350 series came from Borsig in Berlin, the remaining locomotives were built under license by Italian manufacturers in 1928. The locomotives with numbers 354–357 were supplied by Breda and Ansaldo in Sampierdarena built the last part series 358–361. With 800 hp, they were the most powerful Italian narrow-gauge locomotives. The Mediterranea-Calabro-Lucane (MCL) allocated the 350 series to the Bari , Castrovillari , Cosenza and Potenza depots .
Two copies have been preserved. Number 353 was restored in the first half of the 1990s and stationed in Cosenza to run museum trains between Moccone and San Nicola-Silvana Mansio on the otherwise closed branch line from Pedace to San Giovanni in Fiore . Number 358 is exhibited in the Colonna Railway Museum , located in the station of the same name on the discontinued section of the Roma Laziali – Frosinone railway line .
source
- Dario Pisani: List of the FCL's historic vehicle fleet , accessed on December 15, 2015 (Italian)
- Treno della Sila. Website of the museum railway company, accessed on December 15, 2017 (Italian)
- Josef Pospichal: Ferrovie Calabro - Lucane. On locomotive statistics, accessed on December 15, 2015
