Steam Locomotive CP 02049

This is the oldest locomotive in Portugal. Built in England in 1856 at the time of the inauguration of the railway in our country and popularly known as "Andorinha". One of its special features is the "saddle-tank", that is, the water tank that surrounds the boiler in the form of a small saddle and that allowed greater use of the heat that was lost from the boiler. It began operation in 1857 at the Central and Peninsular Company of the Portuguese Railways. Later, it was purchased by the Companhia dos Caminhos de Ferro do Estado for the Minho and Douro Lines. Here, it worked many passenger, goods, mixed and shunting services, that is, short trips, for example for the marshalling of trains or hauling vehicles around depots, stations or maintenance workshops. It began operation in 1857 at the Central and Peninsular Company of the Portuguese Railways. Later, it was purchased by the Companhia dos Caminhos de Ferro do Estado for the Minho and Douro Lines. Here, it worked many passenger, goods, mixed and shunting services, that is, short trips, for example for the marshalling of trains or hauling vehicles around depots, stations or maintenance workshops. In 1911, it was withdrawn from regular service, providing one-off and special services until the 1920s, such as payment trains, which travelled the network to make payments to employees, hauling pay-saloons. This locomotive is temporarily on display at Entroncamento for restoration and will later be transferred to Lousado museum.