Ferrocarril Económico Correntino
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Opening | 1892 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Closed | 1969 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Line length | 178 km (111 mi) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Track gauge | 600 mm (1 ft 11 5⁄8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 5⁄8 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 1⁄2 in).[1] Later it was sold to the Southern Fuegian Railway, regauged to 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in) and named Rodrigo, the name later changed to Ing C. Muratgia.[2]
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