General Roca Railway
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The General Roca Railway is a 5 ft 6 in broad gauge railway in Argentina which runs from Constitución station in Buenos Aires to the south of the country through the provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pamp
CNR CKD8G train travelling to Mar del Plata, March 2015.
Roca railway complete
Chascomús station in 1875.
Boca de Zanja station of Chubut.
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
General Roca Railway
…run by private companies Ferrosur Roca and Ferroexpreso Pampeano. The first company to build a railway at the south of Buenos Aires was British-owned Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway, which inaugurated its first section Constitución railway station to Jeppener in 1865, extending its rail tracks to the city of Zapala in Río Negro…
Constitución station (terminus) in 1885
The first bridge over the Riachuelo operated from 1865 to 1909
Steam locomotive and train at Tandil station c. 1915