Buenos Aires Western Railway
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The Buenos Aires Western Railway, inaugurated in the city of Buenos Aires on 29 August 1857, was the first railway built in Argentina and the start of the extensive rail network that was developed ove
Locomotive La Porteña, c. 1873
Invitation card to the opening of the line, 1857.
Del Parque, the main station, demolished in 1889.
La Floresta (c. 1869), the first terminus.
The Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway was one of the Big Four broad gauge, 5 ft 6 in, British-owned companies that built and operated railway networks in Argentina. The company was founded by Edward
Buenos Aires Western Railway
…cities such as Chivilcoy, Bragado, 9 de Julio, Pehuajó and Trenque Lauquen. The FCO also projected a line from Merlo to Aires and then to Azul, but the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway (BAGSR) proposed in 1871 to extend its line (it had reached Chascomús in 1865) from that city to Dolores then reaching Azul. The Provincial Legislature…
Constitución station (terminus) in 1885
The Chascomús station in 1875
The first bridge over the Riachuelo operated from 1865 to 1909
Steam locomotive and train at Tandil station c. 1915