An Ansaldo Breda coal-fired steamer, built in 1911, certainly among the oldest on the island. Purchased many years ago by the "Strade ferrata sarde" cooperative, which built hundreds of apartments in Sassari for former railway workers and transport workers. Later donated to the Municipality after its dissolution.

After a period of splendor in via Baraz, in the Latte Dolce district of Sassari, the locomotive has been in total oblivion for years. After having been for some time one of the symbols of the large district and of the capital. A truly undeserved old age for the glorious means of transport. Without a minimum of maintenance it is now reduced to a pile of scrap. And every month that passes it gets worse.

The continuous reports and appeals from citizens, as well as various questions and interpellations from municipal councilors, were of no use. The old steamer looks doomed to certain death. Among the carelessness and responsibilities of the institutions. Totally indifferent to symbols and buildings that recall an important piece of Sardinian history and beyond. "At this point - comments some residents of the neighborhood - one can only hope for an intervention by a private individual or a Foundation".