The Administración de Ferrocarriles del Estado (State Railways Administration in English), known by its acronym AFE, is the autonomous agency of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay in charge of rail transport and the maintenance of Uruguayan railway.
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On 31 December 1948 the parliament approved the projects for the acquisition of foreign railroads, charging and part of the debt of 17 billion pounds that the United Kingdom had with Uruguay because of purchases made during the Second World War. The January 31 to 1949 be consumed nationalization. In August, the Executive proposed to the General Assembly the creation of a body known as the Land Transport Management of the State (ATTE), with the following characteristics:
The monopoly would gradually making way for the expropriation of private enterprises. The proposal was based on the need to avoid ruinous competition. Having difficulties approval, the Executive decided not to pursue and accept that the new entity to limit its functions to the operation of rail transport. Meanwhile, between January 31, 1949 and September 19, 1952, the country held two state railways: the Ferrocarril Central del Uruguay for nationalized companies and state railway and tram, which remained at the forefront of their former operations. Merging the two companies was made with the creation of the State Railways Administration (AFE) on September 19, 1952.
Uruguayan Railways have approximately 2900 km of lines, all of gauge 1435 mm, diesel traction and only 11 km of double track. Half of the network is closed, freight trains circulating branches in Montevideo - Rivera - Livramento, Piedra Sola - Three Trees, Sayago - Minas, Verdum-Plant ANCAP, Carnelli-La Teja, Chamberlain - Paysandú - Salto - Concordia and Algorta - Fray Bentos . We work to reopen August 25 - San Jose -Ombucitos, having reopened the stretch to San Jose for passenger services in December 2006.[1] Passenger services are provided in three suburban lines, starting from Montevideo to the north (Florida, 109 km), West (San Jose, 96 km sharing the line 63 to August 25) and Northeast ( Mr. Victor Sudriers, 44 km, sharing the first 8 km to the other two). Since 1 March 2003 passenger trains depart and arrive at a new terminal station 500 meters north of the Central Station in Montevideo, which has been closed since then. This meant a loss of more than 100,000 passengers on the train services.[2] The State Railways Administration is the current administrator of the network and operating trains. It allowed the movement of rolling stock from other companies and institutions, and several have their own wagons and locomotives (ANCAP, AUAR, CEFU, CUCP).
AFE tractive park consists of: Canadian General Electric locomotives 10 C-18-7i-1993 and HP 1800 power, numbered 2001 to 2010. They are all in service. 9 locomotives General Electric - ALCO (known as "1500"), a remnant of the total of 47 who arrived in two games (20 in the year 1952, numbered 1501 to 1520, and 27 1954, numbered from 1521 to 1547). The number of operating machines is 5, the rest are waiting for repair and are expected shortly 9 locomotives.
19 French Alsthom locomotives, a total of 25 acquired in the year 1963. Between 1988 and 1991 fifteen of them were rebuilt with new engines Peñarol workshops, and its status as follows: In service (reconstructed): 801, 803, 805, 806, 809, 810, 811, 812, 813, 816, 817, 818, 819, 820, 824. In service (original): 802, 814, 822, 825. 15 trains diesel manufacturing hydraulic Mávag Hungarian Ganz. It is a power plant in service and two under repair, being what it is in business of 15 passenger trains (power unit and two cars, a second class and a first class, as well as six first-class cars increase power plant capacity and reserve) who arrived between 1977 and 1978. This material, with very little use, was wasted by inefficient government machinery cannibalized to repair others and leaving abandoned cars to vandalism, weather and some being used for commercial projects (such as railway exhibition in 1993, where 16 were cleared for commercial use by different companies). The state of the motor units is as follows:
4 motor cars "Brill" model 60, which came between the years 1934 and 1937. Numbers 121, 122, 123 and 127 are operational. The rest were scrapped. 2 German railbuses VT 795 survivors of the 28 cars and 28 trailers of two different types that were bought used from the German railways 1980and 1983, remaining in service 155 cars and 162 trailers with 56 and 58. 6 machines of three different maneuvers: General Electric Model 25 TON N º 201 to 204 Ton Model 41 Nippon Sharyo No. 205 (Currently working on Remittance Salto), General Electric 44Ton No. 409. A turn has a diverse fleet of equipment out of service: Locomotive ALCO 1953 MRS-1 Peñarol abandoned in carpentry. GE 44ton locomotive No. 402, 408 and 410 (all out of service)