Buenos Aires and Ensenada Port Railway
The Buenos Aires & Ensenada Port Railway (BA&EP) was a British-owned company that built and operated a 5 ft 6 in broad gauge railway network in Argentina towards the end of the nineteenth century. The company was taken over by its rival the British-owned Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway (BAGS) in 1898.
Central Station, terminus of the line.
Ensenada station at late 1890s.
Viaduct that crossed the city of Buenos Aires, in the 1870s.
Casa Amarilla station in 1899. The station was terminus of the BA&E after Central Station was destroyed by fire.
Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway
The Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway (BAGS) 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 Lumb in 1862 and the first general manager was Edward Banfield after whom the Buenos Aires suburban station of Banfield was named, when it opened in 1873. After president Juan Perón nationalised the Argentine railway network in 1948 it became part of the state-owned company Ferrocarril General Roca.
Constitución station 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
