Rail transport in Guatemala
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Guatemala had a network of 914 mm narrow gauge railroads.
Roundhouse at Guatemala City Station with diesel and steam locomotives, 2007
Freight transport was the main business of Ferrovías Guatemala.
The site of a former train station in Quetzaltenango
Tourist train, 2007
The International Railways of Central America was a U.S. based company founded by Minor C. Keith and incorporated in New Jersey in 1904 which operated a large network of 3 ft narrow gauge railways in
Rail transport in Guatemala
…Barrios, known originally as Northern Railroad of Guatemala was completed in 1908. The network was soon acquired by United Fruit, and in 1912 renamed the International Railways of Central America which was also known as IRCA. The railroad prospered until 1957. In 1954, United Fruit had to divest following an antitrust suit and in 1959, a parallel…
Ferrocarril del norte 2