Railways and tramways on the     Canary Islands
Gran Canaria Tramway
	Fotografo: Luis Ojeda Perez     1895-1900     Las Palmas, Calle Triana, tranvia a vapor
	Fotografo: E.Fernando Baeno     1920-1925     Calle Triana, Las Palmas
	Fotografo: -     1920-1925     Parque San Telmo, Las Palmas
	Fotografo: E. Fernando Baeno     1915-1920     Calle Triana Esquina Arena
	Fotografo: -     1905-1910     Calle Triana
	Fotografo: Jose Alonso Garcia     1911     Santa Catalina - Puerto de Las Palmas
	Fotografo: E. Fernando Baeno     1930-1935     Las Alcaravaneras, Las Palmas
Tenerife Tramway
	Fotografo: Baena     1925     Tenerife, Santa Cruz : puerto, vista muelle de Santa Cruz
	Fotografo: -     1900-1905     La Laguna
	Fotografo: -     -     Santa Cruz. La Cuesta, Carretera a La Laguna
Locomotives of the tramway of     Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
Krauss 2243, 2244, 2264 Krauss - Werk Sendling, Muenchen (tramway locomotives)
description Kr 2243 Kr 2244 Kr 2264 bestellt / ordered 08.08.1889 08.08.1889 24.01.1890 Lieferfrist / transit period 08.01.1890 08.01.1890 31.07.1890 ausgeliefert / delivered 22.02.1890 22.02.1890 17.03.1891 Spurweite / gauge 1000 mm 1000 mm 1000 mm Bauart / model B n2t B n2t B n2t Krauss Type / Krauss model number XXXVI n XXXVI n XXXVI n Leistung / performance 40 PS 40 PS 40 PS Zylinderdurchmesser / diameter of cylinder 180 mm 180 mm 180 mm Kolbenhub / stroke of piston 300 mm 300 mm 300 mm Treibraddurchmesser / diameter of driving wheel 770 mm 770 mm 770 mm Achsstand / wheel base 1500 mm 1500 mm 1500 mm Kesseldruck / boiler pressure 15 bar 15 bar 15 bar Heizflaeche / heating surface 13,02 m2 13,02 m2 13,02 m2 Rostflaeche / grate area 0,34 qm 0,34 qm 0,34 qm Kesselwasser / boiler water 535 l 535 l 535 l Speisewasser / feed water 990 l 990 l 990 l Raum f. Brennmaterial (Kohle) / capacity of coal bunkers 440 l 440 l 440 l Leergewicht / tare weight 7900 kg 7900 kg 7900/8219 kg Dienstgewicht / weight in working order 9820 kg 9820 kg 9820 kg Lieferstation / delivery station Luz, Gran Canaria Luz, Gran Canaria Luz, Gran Canaria Besteller / oorderer Juan Bautista Antunez, Las Palmas fuer Tranvia de Las Palmas Juan Bautista Antunez, Las Palmas fuer Tranvia de Las Palmas Juan Bautista Antunez, Las Palmas fuer Tranvia de Las Palmas Betriebsnummer / running number 1 2 3 Quellen / sources : Krauss - Fabrikbuch / Factory book Krauss - Legendenblatt / legend sheet : Kr 2243/2244 , Kr 2264
History of existing steam locomotives
	Henschel 20319/1923 / 20320/1923     gauge: 1220 mm / 4 ft     type: 0-4-0WT / 020T     The Port Authority's preserved 4ft gauge Henschel 0-4-0T     in store at the Sailor's School,     Santa Cruz de Tenerife     It is located at Avenida de Anaga (opposite Club Nautico).     Photo: (c) 16.10.2002 Uwe Pietruck     The picture and a short note is published in     Continental Railway Journal (CRJ No. 135 - Autumn 2003)     A further note can be found in english or     spanish at guagua.com
	Couillet 790/1885     gauge: 1674 mm     type: 020T     running number: 020-207, ex-RENFE 020-0235, ex-MZA 605     displayed at Museo Elder, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria     Photo: (c) 2003 Uwe Pietruck
Literature
	Article of Carlos Teixidor Cadenas     Via Libre n£mero 321 ( october 1990 )     "En las Islas Canarias -     Centenario del tranvia de vapor de Las Palmas y     de una locomotora en Santa Cruz de Tenerife"     ( page 53 / page 54)
	A picture of the preserved Henschel Loco at Santa Cruz and     a short note is published in     Continental Railway Journal (CRJ No. 135 - Autumn 2003)
La Caja de Canarias	A¤oranza de un tranv¡a: La Pepa. 1995     (Catalogues of the Exhibitions)     La Caja de Canarias (Triana, 20/89, E-35002 Las Palmas)
-	Coleccion Cronos     24) Guaguas y tranvias: una "pepuena historia"     del transporte publico en Canarias     Alfonso O'Shanahan, Gilberto Aleman y Jorge Naval
-	Coleccion Cronos     28) La Luz, puerto de Canarias     Alfonso O'Shanahan
Tramway of Las Palmas	The continental Steam Tram, G.E.Baddeley, LRTA
Links
Metro Tenerife	Homepage of Metro Tenerife     Tranvia, Tren del sur
TITSA	History of transport at     Transportes Interurbanos de Tenerife S.A.
Museo Elder	Homepage of Museo Elder, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria:     displayed locomotive:     020-207, ex-RENFE 020-0235, ex-MZA
ATAN	ATAN
guaguas.com	Homepage of Guaguas Municipales, S.A., Las Palmas
guagua.com	Guagua.com
FEDAC	Postcards of the Canary Islands -     a lot of them showing tramways
Preserved locomotives on the Canary Islands	Locomotoras de vapor preservados en Espana     (Preserved steam locomotives in Spain)     and the Canary Islands

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