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Porta (centre, with dark cap and scarf) and engine crew in 1959. Livio Dante Porta (21 March 1922 – 10 June 2003) was an Argentine steam locomotive engineer. He is particularly remembered for his innovative modifications to existing locomotive systems in order to obtain better performance and energy efficiency, and reduced pollution.
Diesel–electric locomotives of Argentina (11 P) This page was last edited on 9 January 2025, at 17:35 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The line is in possession of 22 steam locomotives, 11 Henschel and 11 Baldwin Mikado type locomotives, seven of which are currently operable, two Baldwin and three Henschel in the El Maitén – Esquel section, and 2 Baldwin locomotives in the Ingeniero Jacobacci section. The locomotives are oil fired and have been in continuous service since ...
Interior of a cabin. The purchase agreement between the Ministry of Transport of Argentina and China CNR Corporation for 20 locomotives was signed in December 2009. The agreement also included the purchase of 220 long distance passenger carriages, while the total cost of each locomotive which arrived in Buenos Aires from China is estimated to be just under US$2 million.
1 double expansion steam engine, 2 screws Built for the Peruvian Corporation. Transferred to ENAFER in 1972. Stranded during floods in 1984. Sold to a scrap dealer in the 1990s. Resold to Juan Barriga. Rebuilt as a restaurant at Puno in 2001. Inca: 1905 Earle's Shipbuilding. No. 489 1905 1809 220 2 triple expansion steam engines, 2 screws
In effect, locomotives, bricks, bridges, sanitation tools for the stations, etc. were imported from Great Britain. So were large quantities of a non-manufactured product: the coal for the engines. Three months after Juárez Celman became president of Argentina (1886–1890), the main line of the Ferrocarril Andino was sold to a British company ...
Steam locomotives constructed in the 21st century fall into two broad categories: those that use advanced steam technology to be commercially competitive with diesels; and those built to more traditional designs for hauling tourist trains. Even locomotives in the second case likely use some modern methods and materials.
This network at one time had over 770 km of railway in operation, but only about 13 km remain in operation as a steam powered tourist railway. Other small narrow-gauge lines include the Rio de Janeiro streetcar (Bonde de Santa Teresa), with approximately 13 km of 1,100 mm ( 3 ft 7 + 5 ⁄ 16 in ) gauge, and a very short industrial railway near ...