Ferrocarril Económico Correntino

Ferrocarril Económico Correntino
Operation
Opening 1892
Closed 1969
Technical
Line length 178 km (111 mi)
Track gauge 600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)
Route map
Legend
0,0 Corrientes
15,3 Villa Solari pier
18,0 Santa Ana de los Guácaras
23,0 Juan Ramón Vidal
to: San Cosme(36,0)
31,0 Apeadero Km 31
38,0 San Luis del Palmar
Arroyo Riachuelo
63,0 Apeadero Riachuelito
Arroyo Riachuelito
68,0 Herlitzka
89,0 Apeadero Km 89
103,0 Apeadero Cerrudo Cué
124,0 Lomas de Vallejos
Loma Alta halt
Cerrito
138,0 Paso Florentín
141,0 Puisoye
154,0 Caá Catí
148,0 Km 148 halt
160,0 Manantiales halt
163,0 Gauna halt
175,0 Mburucuyá

Ferrocarril Económico Correntino is the informal name for some former narrow gauge railway lines in the province of Corrientes in Argentina that used a gauge of 600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in).

Ferrocarril Primer Correntino

The first line, the Ferrocarril Primer Correntino operated from 1892 until 1904, when some of its tracks were lifted and used elsewhere for an industrial railway.

Compañía General de Ferrocarriles Económicos

The second line, the Compañía General de Ferrocarriles Económicos de la Provincia de Corrientes, incorporated parts of the previous line and operated between 1912 and 1927, when it was acquired by the government and renamed Ferrocarril Provincial de Corrientes. In 1948 the railway was nationalized and incorporated into the Ferrocarril General Urquiza until 1 November 1969 when operations ceased. Some years later the tracks were lifted, including the industrial network of a sugar mill.

The locomotives used firewood as fuel, travelling at an average speed of about 7 km/h with a maximum of 20 km/h. The journey of 178 km between Corrientes and Mburucuyá took nearly 26 hours.

Preserved locomotive

A former Orenstein and Koppel 0-6-0 (UIC: C) diesel locomotive of the FGFE was sold to the cement factory CORCEMAR where it was regauged to 750 mm (2 ft 5 12 in).[1] Later it was sold to the Southern Fuegian Railway, regauged to 750 mm (2 ft 5 12 in) and named Rodrigo, the name later changed to Ing C. Muratgia.[2]

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