Beyer Peacock     Works No 4943   Class N    96      2-6-0        Central Uruguay Railway       Gauge 4ft 8½in

This locomotive was built by Beyer Peaclck at the Gorton Works in Manchester in 1907 for the Central Uruguay Railway (CUR). It was one of the N class of locomotives.

The Central Uruguay Railway Co. of Montevideo, which was the largest railway company in Uruguay, was registered In London in 1876. It operated from January 1878 until the end of January 1949, when the railways in Uruguay were nationalized. By the end of the era of British railways in Uruguay, the CUR had a network of over a million miles of standard gauge track which was about half of the total within the country. It owned about 170 steam locomotives and several thousand cars.

This locomotive was put on display in the bus terminal at Artigas.

Three other N class locomotives built by Beyer Peacock are preserved in Uruguay

•           Works number 4748 built in 1906 – 88 on display at Paysandú station, Uruguay

•           Works number 4750 built in 1906 – 92 on display in a bad shape at San José, Uruguay

•           Works number 4751 built in 1906 – 93 on display at Young, Uruguay

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