#0732
130T steam locomotive (Ferrocarriles Vascongados)
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Nasmyth, Wilson and Company· from 1892· steam locomotive formerly operated by Ferrocarriles Vascongados
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Azpeitia R M - Aurrera Steam Locomotive: Nils Öberg· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The 130T was a steam locomotive type originally operated by Ferrocarriles Vascongados in the Basque Country, Spain. One of the locomotives, named Aurrera, has been preserved at the Basque Railway Museum and is used regularly to haul heritage trains.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 134 years ago, in 1892.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 72 years (1892–1964).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1892–1898
- in service from
- 1892
- retired
- 1964
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Nasmyth, Wilson and Company
- operators
- Ferrocarriles Vascongados
- top speed
- —
- power
- 186 kW
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0T
- length
- 8.3 m
- weight
- 35 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q112846403, Wikipedia: 130T steam locomotive (Ferrocarriles Vascongados) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.