Argentina railway news – Page 4

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    Specialised containers for fertiliser exports

    2017-03-24T12:11:27Z

    BOLIVIA: State-owned oil and petrochemicals company YPFB has ordered 250 wagons and 500 specialised containers which will be used to transport fertiliser on the country’s 1 000 mm gauge rail network. While the wagons are being manufactured locally in Santa Cruz, the containers are now being delivered by CIMC of ...

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    Contract awarded for Belgrano track renewals

    2017-03-22T15:24:41Z

    ARGENTINA: Infrastructure authority Trenes Argentinos Infraestructura has announced the award of a contract to undertake track renewals on the 1 000 mm gauge Belgrano network, under the second phase of a programme that will see a total of 1 600 km upgraded across the provinces of northwestern Argentina. Awarded to ...

  • Two CRRC diesel locomotives successfully completed their first day of testing on the 1 000 mm gauge Belgrano network.
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    Belgrano locos on test

    2017-02-25T07:00:00Z

    ARGENTINA: The first two diesel locomotives supplied by CRRC of China successfully completed their first day of testing on the 1 000 mm gauge Belgrano network on February 22, the Ministry of Transport has announced. State-owned freight operator Trenes Argentinos Cargas undertook testing between San José and Dean Funes in ...

  • The first two diesel freight locomotives that CRRC has supplied for the 1 676 mm gauge San Martín network were unloaded in the Port of Buenos Aires on December 13.
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    First San Martín locos arrive

    2016-12-14T11:00:00Z

    ARGENTINA: In the presence of Transport Minister Guillermo Dietrich, the first two diesel freight locomotives that CRRC of China has supplied for the 1 676 mm gauge San Martín network were unloaded in the Port of Buenos Aires on December 13. They form part of the 107 locomotives being ...