Standard gauge steam locomotive JŽ 118-005 (formerly FS 940.015) at the railway station in Nova Gorica, Slovenia.
<p>Length: 13.2 m, power: 720 kW, mass on duty: 87.2 t, max. speed: 65 km/h, steam pressure: 12 bar, diameter of driven wheels: 1370 mm.
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The locomotive was produced in 1922 by Officine Mechaniche Napoli, serial nr. 66. This class of locomotives was designed for mountaineous railways. Until 1945 they were in operation at the section between Trieste and Podbrdo, after the WW2 from Nova Gorica to Sežana, Ajdovščina and Jesenice, occasionally also between Jesenice and Ljubljana. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pospichal.net/lokstatistik/20904-sid.htm">Pospichal Lokstatistik</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.miniaturna-zeleznica.com/118.htm">About the class 118 (FS 940)</a> (in Slovenian only). More photos <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vlaki.info/forum/viewtopic.php?p=106428#p106428">1</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vlaki.info/forum/viewtopic.php?p=121437#p121437">2</a>.
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