3 - "Teresita" locomotive

Opposite the door leading outside is a small steam locomotive popularly known as “Teresita”. Its peculiar aspect is due to its vertical boiler. It was built in 1885 for manoeuvring or, in other words, for moving other vehicles. It originally had a small roof to shelter the engineer from the sun and rain. Despite its primitive style, it is not the oldest one in the Museum, although it is the smallest. It is featured in one of the stories in the Museum’s collection.

It was used in the workshops from the Barcelona’s Clot Station (which no longer exists) from the beginning of the last century until 1957. When its technology became obsolete for the workshop’s needs, it was used solely as a steam generator to power the workshops’ machinery, as was done in the textile industry throughout the 19th century, until the arrival of electricity.

Behind “Teresita” you can see the back of the cocherón (engine-shed) or the quarter-circle Rotonda (Roundhouse) of the former Steam Depot. The Parque de Núria (playground) has also been relocated here, as a gift from the FGC Company, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the “Cremallera de Núria” (funicular railway).