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Móra la Nova hosts third edition of Steam Festival with novelties and historic locomotives

The Railway Museum in Móra la Nova is preparing for the third edition of the Steam Festival, taking place on May 1st and 2nd, with the restoration of the old economat as a main novelty.

Image of an old steam locomotive in a railway museum.
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Image of an old steam locomotive in a railway museum.

The Railway Museum in Móra la Nova, in collaboration with MNACTEC, will host the third edition of the Steam Festival on May 1st and 2nd, an event that consolidates its presence in the annual program with notable new features.

This gathering, which began in 2024, has become an unmissable event for steam technology enthusiasts. This year's edition will once again offer the opportunity to take rides on various steam locomotive compositions, including iconic models such as the Cuco, the AM105, and the Sharp 120, which participated in the first edition.
Among the highlighted attractions will be the Olot locomotive and the modernist-style carriages C117, C31, and C103, built between 1923 and 1925, featuring wooden interiors and access balconies. This composition will connect the engine shed with the old economat via a meter-gauge track, which, along with the 60 cm track, makes the Railway Museum in Móra la Nova a unique space in southern Europe.
One of the main novelties of this edition is the completion of the first phase of restoration of the old economat, which will now host circuits with scale models of manned steam trains. Additionally, visitors will be able to admire other unrestored but historically valuable steam locomotives, such as the Bonita, the Mikado, the Garrafeta, the Doble Mikado Garratt, and the Doble Pacific Garratt. The period atmosphere will be provided by members of the Retrofuturista Nautilus Association.
The festival will not be limited to the railway sector but will also showcase other applications of steam technology. The Barcelona Fire Department, for example, will once again participate with a 19th-century steam-powered fire pump, manufactured in London by the Merryweather company.

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