Hello,
Here are a series of websites and videos that contain information about the IRCA, FEGUA, and Ferrovias Guatemala. Some of these are social media websites and are sadly plagued as such. I recommend to refresh the Facebook links if a pop up appears stating you must join. I hope this will enlighten you as much as it has myself.
Thank you,
John


http://ferrocarrilesdeelsalvador.blogspot.com/

https://www.behance.net/gallery/5523933 ... -Guatemala)

https://www.shutterstock.com/g/byronagu ... =abandoned

https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip ... ported-by-

train-in-guatemala-in-the-s.html

http://www.geocities.ws/ferrobanana/trains.htm#2

http://www.irths.com/bildersets/bilderset_185.php

http://promo66-album.blogspot.ca/2013/0 ... arril.html

http://www.rrdc.com/article_10_2007_req ... ail_LT.pdf

http://picssr.com/photos/105254834@N05/ ... 254834@N05

http://guatemalaempresa.blogspot.com/20 ... as-de.html

http://www.rrdc.com/rdc_gua_memories.htm

http://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/guat002.htm

https://hiveminer.com/Tags/guatemala%2Ctrain

http://amhistory.si.edu/onthemove/colle ... ect_2.html

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthrea ... 14&page=54

https://www.heinz-buehler.ch/

https://www.guatemala.com/guias/cultura ... acapa.html

https://www.drehscheibe-online.de/foren ... 30,3101305

https://player.vimeo.com/video/86941444?api=1

https://aprende.guatemala.com/cultura-g ... guatemala/

http://fegua.gob.gt/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCRYtmghT8s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UafEmeyg9iQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t15_691Rric
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc0ZQMSIjUg

http://museofegua.com/

https://www.facebook.com/codefegt/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwHHzz_gm2E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJKObMcq1V0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdWLqHbHAhk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OOPhFd ... TMh_g&t=0s

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=L ... Wo692TMh_g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCzR4XX ... TMh_g&t=0s

https://www.ferrolatino.ch/en/reports/guatemala/

https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/fegua/

John,

I’m glad you joined the rypn! I hope you find it as educational as I have!

Cody Muse

We are sure glad to have you on RyPN, Brother Skiba !!!~!

Thanks for the long list of links. There is a lot of information there. My main interest is the rail cranes used in the Americas.

Well, John, in my time, we had an Industrial Brownhoist diesel powered one. I can't give you the data you want, but I CAN tell you that we used it in 1993 to salvage one of the tenders from the Sumpter Valley articulateds, fishing it out from under a pile of banana car bodies, then setting it back on it's trucks. It went back to Baker City, where (I think) it is awaiting restoration along with engine #20.

The crane most likely is still in Guatemala City.

This may well be the crane in qyestion:

11920 40t Diesel 1949
Farriovias de Guatemalan #9021 (here 2016)

John,

Most likely it is. However, the ownership should be attributed to: FEGUA (this is a Spanish acronym for the Guatemalan government railway system).

From what I remember seeing in Central Doubles, 9021 was painted blue. Do you know if there were other cranes of the same class in Guatemala? There are 2 steam cranes in Zacapa along with some support equipment. Mr. T, do you know anything about them?
John