Ferrocarril Industrial de Mendoza
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.jpg) One of the Henschel locomotives, work no. 19759-19760
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.jpg) Carril Zapata (RP 98) along the former route
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| Route length: | 18 km | ||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 750 mm ( narrow gauge ) | ||||||||||||
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The Ferrocarril Industrial de Mendoza was a narrow-gauge railway with 750 mm gauge in the province of Mendoza in Argentina .
history
After the Ferrocarriles Buenos Aires al Pacifico had completed the Ramal a Eugenio Bustos small train , the residents of Tupungato wanted a similar feeder line from Tupungato to Zapata . The province then decided to build a narrow-gauge railway with a 750 mm gauge because it was cheaper than a broad-gauge railway. In Europe, 32 km of track were acquired, of which only 18 km were laid.
Halfway there was installed a water tank that had previously been used for the construction railway during the construction of General San Martín Park in Mendoza .
Operations began in 1924 with one train per day in each direction, but shortly afterwards it was reduced to three trains per week. Operations ceased in 1935, whereupon O&K acquired the remains.
Rail vehicles
- 2 four-axle schmalspurige Henschel locomotives D 2n Schlepptender (plant no. 19759-19760)
- 2 first class passenger cars
- 1 second class passenger car
- 10 open excursion cars
- Numerous freight cars
railway station
Reloading point to the broad gauge railway
Rail vehicles
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Ferroclub Magazin, No. 26.
Coordinates: 33 ° 24 '54.4 " S , 69 ° 4' 3.4" W.