Sagunto Restores Historic Locomotive 2502, Symbol of the Trenillo Mining Railway
Sagunto City Council has completed the full restoration of locomotive 2502, which now stands alongside a replica of the Trenillo station on Avenida Adolfo Suárez.
The restored locomotive 2502 is back on public display, fitted with a protective fence and an information panel. Together with the Barça de Begoña vessel, it forms a key section of the city's open-air museum project along Avenida Adolfo Suárez.
The Trenillo was the popular name for the Ojos Negros–Sagunto mining railway, built by Compañía Minera de Sierra Menera (founded 1900), according to Wikipedia. Its 205-km narrow-gauge line carried iron ore from the mines of Teruel and Guadalajara to the Sagunto waterfront for decades. Crucially, it was the construction of that export pier that gave rise to the Puerto de Sagunto (coastal district) urban settlement. The line closed permanently in July 1972. By restoring the locomotive, the council brings back one of the founding industrial symbols of the neighbourhood, as announced by Mayor Darío Moreno on his official Facebook page.