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]

NameLocal NameProvinceLengthGaugeFurther information
Agricultural Light Railways [note 1] Ferrocarriles Ligeros de Agricultura Buenos Aires [note 2] total 373.36 km, main 302.55 km, sidings 70.81 km 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)Locomotives—27, passenger cars—5, freight cars—1422. Capitalization 3,201,640 pesos (invested). [1]
Aguilares Mill Branch Railway [6] Ferrocarril Ramal Ingenio Aguilares Tucumán 8 km600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)Transport of sugar cane [1]
Cia. Argentina de Quebracho RailwayFerrocarril Cía. Argentina de Quebracho Formosa 37 km600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)General transport service (local); passengers (main) [1]
Argentine Hardwoods and Land Co. and Argentine Timber and Estates Co. Railway ? Buenos Aires (1936 in receivership, affairs in charge of Deloitte, Griffith & Co.). [1]
Argentine Salt Works RailwayFerrocarril La Salinera ArgentinaBuenos Aires32.18 km 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)Locomotives—3, passenger cars—1, freight cars—10. Capitalization 176,000 pesos (invested) [1]
Bancalari Mill Railway Ferrocarril del Molino BancalariBuenos Aires [note 3] 5.4 km 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)Transport of milk cans from nearby dairy farms to Manzanares. [7]
Bella Vista Sugar Co. Mill Branch RailwayDesvío FFCC Ingenio Cía. Azucarera Bella VistaTucumán12.737 km1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge Transport of sugar cane [1]
Bellani and Pensa Co. RailwayFerrocarril Cia Bellani y PensaBuenos Aires11.26 km1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)Locomotives—1, freight cars—2. Capitalization 44,000 pesos (invested). [1]
Bourdichone and Company Branch RailwayFFCC Desvio Bourdichone y Cia Córdoba 3.2 km600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)Transport of limestone. [1]
Buenos Aires Western Railway Ferrocarril Oeste de Buenos AiresBuenos Aires [note 4] 11.070 km 500 mm (19+3⁄4 in): (2.5 km)
600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in): (5 km)
750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in): (1.1 km)
1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in): (2.5 km)
Cabezas RailwayFerrocarril A. Cabezas Santiago del Estero 47 km600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)Transport of forest products [1]
Castiglioni RailwayFerrocarril CastiglioniSantiago del Estero58 km600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)Transport of forest and miscellaneous products [1]
Central Chubut Railway Ferrocarril Central del Chubut Chubut Initially 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in), later 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)1888–1958
Compagno Hnos RailwayFerrocarril Compagno Hnos.Santiago del Estero [note 5] 50 km600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)Transport of forest products [1] [8]
Concepción Sugar Company Mill RailwayFerrocarril Ingenio Cia. Azucarera Concepción [9] Tucumán [note 6] 52 km600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)Locomotives—12, freight cars—370. Capitalization 350,000 pesos (invested). Transport of sugar cane [1]
Cordoba Central RailwayFerroccarril Central de CordobaSantiago del Estero, Tucumán, Catamarca [note 7] 173 km1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Corrientes Economic Railway Ferrocarril Económico Correntino [note 8] Corrientes [note 9] 226 km600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)Locomotives—3, passenger cars—11, freight cars—230. Weight of rail: 12 and 18 kg/m. Capitalization 2,200,000 pesos (invested). [1]
Damiani Branch RailwayFerrocarril Ramal DamianiChaco12 km1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)Transports of forest products and other products [1]
Deffilipi (Valle Hermoso) Branch RailwayFerrocarril Ramal Deffilipi (Valle Heroso) Córdoba 10.6 km600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in): (5 km)
1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in): (5.6 km)		Transport of limestone and lime [1]
Demartini Branch RailwayFerrocarril Ramal DemartiniSantiago del Estero62 km750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)Transport of forest products [1]
Depietri Railways and Elevators Ferrocarriles y Elevadores DepietriBuenos Aires68 km1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)Transport of grain
Donadeu RailwayFerrocarril DonadeuSantiago de Estero60 km600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)Transport of forest products [1]
El Dorado RailwayFerrocarril El DoradoSantiago del Estero46 km600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)Transport of forest products [1]
Enrique S. Perez Branch RailwayFerrocarril Ramal Enrique S. PerezSantiago del Estero15.7 km600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)Transport of forest products [1]
Estancia Guaycolec RailwayFerrocarril Estencia GuaycolecFormosa35 km600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)General transport services
M. Flores Branch RailwayFerrocarril Ramal M. Flores Jujuy 7 km600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)Transport of forest products [1]
Fontana Co. Ltd. (Rio Araza) RailwayFerrocarril Fontana Ltda. Rio ArazaChaco3 km1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)Transport of forest products [1]
The Forestal Land, Timber & Railway Co. [11] [note 10] [note 11] La ForestalChaco698 km [note 12] 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in): (271 km)
750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in): (243 km)
600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in): (117 km)		Locomotives—40, passenger cars—16, freight cars–735. Weight of rail: varies from 8 kg/m to 32 kg/m. Capitalization £5,574,689. [1]
General L. Winter to Coresa RailwayFerrocarril de General Lorenzo Vintter a Conesa [note 13] Río Negro77 km750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) [1]
Gronda and Company Branch RailwayFerrocarril Ramal Gronda y Cia.Jujuy12 km600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)Diverse services [1]
Granadera y Forestal RailwayFerrocarril Ganadero y ForestalChaco60 km750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)Transport of forest products [1]
Hardcastle Branch RailwayFerrocarril Ramal HardcastleJujuy10 km600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)Diverse services [1]
Industrial and Forestal de Yuto RailwayFerrocarril Ramal Industrial y Forestal de YutoJujuy26 km750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)Transport of forest products [1]
Juan Arronga Branch RailwayFerrocarril Ramal Juan ArrongaSanta Fe17 km1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)Transport of forest products [1]
La Baviera Mill RailwayFerrocarril Ramal Ingenio La BaviereTucumán32 km750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)Transport of sugar cane [12]
La Calera Establishment Branch RailwayFerrocarril Ramal Establecimiento La CaleraCórdoba11 km600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)Transport of limestone [1]
La Esperanza RailwayFerrocarril La EsperenzaSalta81 km600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)Transport of sugar cane [1]
La Florida Hill French RailwayFerrocarril Ingenio La FloridaTucumán12 km750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)Transport of sugar cane [1]
La Forestal Ltd. (Cotelay) Branch RailwayFerrocarril Ramal La Forestal (Cotelay)Chaco24.5 km1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)Transport of forest products [1]
La Forestal Ltda. Haumonia al N.O. Branch RailwayFerrocarril Ramal La Forestal Ltda. (Haumonia al N.O.)Chaco37 km1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)Common carrier [1]
La Mendieta Branch RailwayFerrocarril Ramal La MendietaJujuy24.4 km600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)Locomotives—6, freight cars—535, Capitalization 168,930 pesos (invested). Transport of sugar cane [1]
La Papelera Argentina (S.A.) Branch RailwayFerrocarril Ramal La Paperera Argentina (S.A.)Santa Fe4.313 km600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)Transport of forest products [1]
La Providencia Mill Branch RailwayFerrocarril Ramal Ingenio La ProvidenciaTucumán18 km600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)Transports of sugar cane [1]
La Vicuna Industrial Branch RailwayFerrocarril Ramal Cia. La IndustrialChaco12 km1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)Transport of forest products [1]
Las Selvad del Chaco Branch RailwayFerrocarril Ramal Las Selvas del ChacoChaco15 km1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)Transport of forest products [1]
Ledesma Mill RailwayFerrocarril Ingenio LedesmaJujuy [note 14] 133 km 700 mm (2 ft 3+9⁄16 in): (97 km)
508 mm (20 in): (86 km)		Transport of sugar cane [13]
Los Ralos Mill Branch RailwayFerrocarril Ramal Ingenio Los RalosTucumán6 km600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)Weight of rail: 12 kg/m. Locomotives—3, freight cars—65. Transport of sugar cane. [1]
Malagueno Branch RailwayFerrocarril Ramal MalaguenoCórdoba5 km600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)Transport of limestone [1]
Mendoza Industrial Branch RailwayFerrocarril Ramal Industrial de MendozaMendoza18 km750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)Diverse services [1]
Minetti Branch RailwayFerrocarril Ramal MinettiCórdoba3.5 km600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)Transport of lime stone [1]
Mualen Branch RailwayFerrocarril Ramal MualenChaco [note 15] 12 km1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)Locomotives—4, freight cars—63. Diverse services. [1]
Noetinger and Lepetit Branch RailwayFerrocarril Ramal Noetinger y LepetitChaco2.4 km1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)Transport of forest products [1]
Old Patagonian Express Viejo Expreso Patagónico or La Trochita Río Negro, Chubut 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Ostende Branch Railway [note 16] Ferrocarril Ramal OstendeBuenos Aires3 km ?Transport of goods and passenger (touristic service) [3] [4]
Padilla Hnos. RailwayFerrocarril Ramal Padilla Hnos.Tucumán24 km750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)Weight of rail: 12 kg/m. Locomotives—4, freight cars—150. Transport of sugar cane [1]
Pedro Gasparetti Branch RailwayFerrocarril Ramal Pedro GagnarettiSanta Fe12 km1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)Transport of forest products [1]
H. Pemberton Branch RailwayFerrocarril Ramal F. PembertonJujuy7 km600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)Transport of forest products [1]
Península Valdés Railway Ferrocarril de Península ValdésChubut32 km760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in)1901 - 1920 commuter rail
Provincial Government Branch RailwayFerrocarril Ramal Gobierno de la ProvinciaTucumán12 km750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)Transport of passengers [1]
Puerto Ocampo RailwayFerrocarril Ramal Puerto Ocampo Santa Fe 53 km1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)General transport service [1]
Pte. R. Saenz Pena to Castelli RailwayFerrocarril de Pte. R. Saenz Pena a Casteli [note 13] Chaco750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) [1]
Quebrachales Fusionados S.A. RailwayFerrocarril Quebracholes Fusionados S.A.Chaco [note 17] 95 km1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in): (30 km)
600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in): (65 km)		Locomotives—6, passenger cars—5,freight cars—35. Weight of rail: 3, 10, 12 kg/m in sections of 7 meters. General transport service [1]
Rainforest Ecological Train [14] Tren Ecológico de la Selva Misiones [note 18] 7 km600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)Opened in 1995
Rural de Resistencia RailwayFerrocarril Rural de ResistenciaChaco30 km750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)Capitalization (invested) 70,400 pesos. Locomotives—6, passenger cars—5, freight cars—35. General transport services [1]
San Isidro Branch RailwayFerrocarril Ramal San IsidroSalta15 km600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)Transport of sugar cane [1]
San Martin Mill RailwayFerrocarril Ramal Ingenio San MartinSalta [note 19] 107 km600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)Transport of sugar cane [1]
San Pablo Sugar Mill Branch RailwayFerrocarril Ramal Ingenio San PabloTucumán [note 20] 11 km1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)Locomotives—1, freight cars—8. Weight of rail: 10 kg/m. Transport of sugar cane [1]
Santa Lucía Mill Branch RailwayFerrocarril Ramal Ingenio Santa LucíaTucumán17 km1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)Transport of sugar cane [1]
Southern Fuegian Railway Ferrocarril Austral Fueguino Tierra del Fuego 7 km500 mm (19+3⁄4 in)Opened in 1909, closed in 1952, reopened in 1994
BA Great Southern Railway Ferrocarril del SudBuenos Aires [note 21] total 373.05 km:Main 302.55 km
Sidings 70.81 km		600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)Locomotives—27, passenger cars—5, freight cars—1422. Capitalization (invested) 3,201,640 pesos.

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C. B. Svensen RailwayFerrocarril C. B. SvensenChaco29 km1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in): (21 km)
600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in): (8 km)		Transport of forest products [1]
G. Weisburd Branch RailwayFerrocarril Ramal G. WeisburdChaco11 km600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)Transport of forest products [1]
Weisburd Branch RailwayFerrocarril Ramal WeisburdSantiago del Estero51 km1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)Transport of forest products [1]
Yerba Buena Steam Tram Tranvía a Vapor de Yerba BuenaTucumán12 km600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)Passenger service, operated 1916–26 [5]
Zuberbühler RailwayFerrocarril ZuberbühlerChaco94 km1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in): (25 km)
600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in): (69 km)		Transport of forest products

Notes

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 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. ↑ E.E.S.: Ferrrocarriles Argentinos. 1937. p. 177-185. (40.4 MB)
  3. 1 2 Cien años de historia on Viejo Hotel Ostende
  4. 1 2 Recuerdos de Ostende by Pablo Donadío on Página/12, 16 Sep 2012
  5. 1 2 El chisporroteo de la chorbita mandó a vía muerta al “Trencito” de Yerba Buena, La Gaceta, 11 Apr 2014
  6. ↑ "EL FERROCARRIL EN TUCUMAN - PARTE 3" on Crónicas e Historias Ferroviaria (blog), 30 Aug 2010
  7. ↑ El molino harinero, punto de partida del desarrollo de Pilar. 2 September 2012.
  8. ↑ Boletín de Obras Públicas de la Rep. Argentina, Sep 1927 on CDI Argentina
  9. ↑ Zona Noroeste Argentino on CELS.org.ar
  10. ↑ See entry on Steam Railways for administrative details, p. 9 (i.e. p. 5., top).
  11. ↑ La Forestal, la firma inglesa que explotó los bosques de quebracho santafesinos on La Nación, 30 Aug 2018 by Teresa Arijón
  12. ↑ La Baviera Mill Railway
  13. ↑ Ledesma
  14. ↑ "Sistemas ferroviarios Decauville" by Jorge Rendiche on Revista Boicana - July 10, 2021
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