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  2. La Trochita - Wikipedia

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    La Trochita (official name: Viejo Expreso Patagónico), in English known as the Old Patagonian Express, is a 750 mm (2 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) narrow gauge railway in Patagonia, Argentina using steam locomotives.

  3. Livio Dante Porta - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Category:Locomotives of Argentina - Wikipedia

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    Diesel locomotives of Argentina (1 C, 1 P) D. Diesel–electric locomotives of Argentina (11 P)

  5. Narrow-gauge railways in South America - Wikipedia

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    Around 300 m of that sand line is preserved and also a lot of steam locomotives. One of those is in working order. Also, a new narrow-gauge line, of around 1 km, with two diesel locomotives from the former km 110-Cantera Burgueño line, was constructed in a park on the town of Santiago Vazquez, in the West of Montevideo.

  6. Rail transport in Argentina - Wikipedia

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    The train was pulled by steam locomotives, running on tracks originally built by Buenos Aires Central Railway. The service ceased in 2011. The "Tranvía Histórico de Buenos Aires" is a Heritage Tramway inaugurated in 1980 in the Caballito neighborhood on existing vintage street tracks. [71] Córdoba

  7. Retirement of steam locomotives by country - Wikipedia

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    The first steam locomotive in South Korea (Korea at the time) was the Moga (Mogul) 2-6-0, which first ran on 9 September 1899 on the Gyeong-In Line. Other South Korean steam locomotive classes include the Sata, Pureo, Ame, Sig, Mika (USRA Heavy Mikado), Pasi (USRA Light Pacific), Hyeogi (Narrow gauge), Class 901, Mateo, Sori and Tou. Used until ...

  8. Central Argentine Railway - Wikipedia

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    Famous "191" steam locomotive in Retiro Locomotive that ran the Rosario-Cañada de Gómez branch in 1866 Tigre station, terminus (c. 1900) A train stopped at Belgrano R station, prior the line was electrified Rosario Central station, c. 1910. The CA supported the concept of agricultural colonies, where people settled and farmed.

  9. Buenos Aires Western Railway - Wikipedia

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    Steam locomotive, currently exhibited in Marcos Paz. In 1854, while Buenos Aires was an independent state of the Argentine Confederation, governor Pastor Obligado awarded the Buenos Aires Western Railroad Society a grant for constructing a railway, from the city of Buenos Aires towards the west.