The Central Northern Railway was the first 1,000 mm railway built by the Argentine State Railway. Its aim was to extend the existing British-owned Central Argentine 5 ft 6 in broad gauge) railway from Córdoba to Tucuman and metre gauge was chosen for economic reasons.
Train and workers at the tunnel of "El Saladillo" viaduct, Tucumán Province.
The Tucumán station building, pictured c. 1910
Steam locomotive at Santiago del Estero station, 1975
Argentine State Railway was a State-owned railway company of Argentina, established by Law N° 6.757 in October 1909, when José Figueroa Alcorta was the President of Argentina. The company built and operated railway lines in Argentina.
A Ganz Mávag train unit crossing Av. del Libertador in Vicente López.
Patagonian rail lines
Boca de Zanja station, Chubut
Trelew station, c. 1900.