List_of_secondary,_industrial_and_Decauville_railways_in_Argentina

List of secondary, industrial and Decauville railways in Argentina

List of secondary, industrial and Decauville railways in Argentina

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The list of secondary, industrial and Decauville railways in Argentina includes narrow-gauge railway lines that operated in Argentina, which used tracks, sleepers, or vehicles manufactured by French company Decauville.[1][2] The vast majority of those lines were freight services, although in some cases (such as the Ostende railway or the Yerba Buena Steam Tram) also ran passenger services.[3][4][5]

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Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Part of the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway.
  2. [N 2]
    Headquartered in River Plate House, Finsbury Circus, London E.C. 2.
  3. [N 3]
    Pilar Partido.
  4. [N 4]
    Heaquartered in River Plate House, 10 Finsbury Circus, London, E.C. 2.; local offices in Plaza Once, Buenos Aires.[1]
  5. [N 5]
    Offices in Buenos Aires, at Florida 440.
  6. [N 6]
    Offices in Buenos Aires at Reconquista 730
  7. [N 7]
    Offices at Estacion Retiro, Buenos Aires (local); River Plate House, Finsbury Circus, London, E.C.2.[1][10]
  8. [N 8]
    Operated by "Banco Francés"
  9. [N 9]
    Head offices at San Martín 2270, Corrientes.
  10. [N 10]
    Local offices at Paseo Colón 185, Buenos Aires; headquarters at 149 Leadenhall Street, London.
  11. [N 11]
    Formerly known as the Ocampo Railway, opened in 1884 by Manuel Ocampo and operated by him until 1910, when it was taken over by La Forestal.
  12. [N 12]
    Included 61 km in Chaco territory.
  13. [N 13]
    Branch of the Argentine State Railway.
  14. [N 14]
    Head offices at Sarmiento 459, Buenos Aires.
  15. [N 15]
    Offices in Tenco 184, Buenos Aires
  16. [N 16]
    Line from Colonia Tokio – beach of Ostende.
  17. [N 17]
    Offices in Paseo Colon 185, Buenos Aires
  18. [N 18]
    In Iguazu Falls region.
  19. [N 19]
    Offices in Defensa 113, Buenos Aires
  20. [N 20]
    Offices in Sarmiento 385, Buenos Aires.
  21. [N 21]
    Local offices in Constitución, Buenos Aires; headquarters at River Plate House, Finsbury Circus, London, E.C.2., UK.

References

  1. [1]
    United States. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Transportation Division: World Survey of Foreign Railways, Part 1. 1936, p. 13-14e (i.e. p. 9-15, top).
  2. [2]
    E.E.S.: Ferrrocarriles Argentinos. 1937. p. 177-185. (40.4 MB)
  3. [3]
    Cien años de historia on Viejo Hotel Ostende
  4. [4]
    Recuerdos de Ostende by Pablo Donadío on Página/12, 16 Sep 2012
  5. [5]
    El chisporroteo de la chorbita mandó a vía muerta al “Trencito” de Yerba Buena, La Gaceta, 11 Apr 2014
  6. [6]
    "EL FERROCARRIL EN TUCUMAN - PARTE 3" on Crónicas e Historias Ferroviaria (blog), 30 Aug 2010
  7. [7]
    El molino harinero, punto de partida del desarrollo de Pilar. 2 September 2012.
  8. [8]
    Boletín de Obras Públicas de la Rep. Argentina, Sep 1927 on CDI Argentina
  9. [9]
    Zona Noroeste Argentino on CELS.org.ar
  10. [10]
    See entry on Steam Railways for administrative details, p. 9 (i.e. p. 5., top).
  11. [11]
    La Forestal, la firma inglesa que explotó los bosques de quebracho santafesinos on La Nación, 30 Aug 2018 by Teresa Arijón
  12. [12]
    La Baviera Mill Railway
  13. [13]
    Ledesma
  14. [14]
    "Sistemas ferroviarios Decauville" by Jorge Rendiche on Revista Boicana - July 10, 2021
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