Rosario and Puerto Belgrano Railway
The Rosario and Puerto Belgrano Railway (Spanish: Ferrocarril Rosario y Puerto Belgrano, and in French: Compagnie de Chemins de Fer Rosario-Puerto Belgrano) was a French-owned railway company which operated a broad gauge, 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm), single track line between the cities of Rosario and Puerto Belgrano in Argentina. Puerto Belgrano, near the city of Bahía Blanca in Buenos Aires Province, is the main naval base in Argentina. The original idea behind the building of the railway was to link points that were closer to either Rosario or Bahía Blanca than they were to Buenos Aires, thereby taking traffic from the British-owned companies BA Great Southern and BA Western railways.
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Rosario and Puerto Belgrano Railway
The Rosario and Puerto Belgrano Railway (Spanish: Ferrocarril Rosario y Puerto Belgrano, and in French: Compagnie de Chemins de Fer Rosario-Puerto Belgrano) was a French-owned railway company which operated a broad gauge, 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm), single track line between the cities of Rosario and Puerto Belgrano in Argentina. Puerto Belgrano, near the city of Bahía Blanca in Buenos Aires Province, is the main naval base in Argentina. The original idea behind the building of the railway was to link points that were closer to either Rosario or Bahía Blanca than they were to Buenos Aires, thereby taking traffic from the British-owned companies BA Great Southern and BA Western railways.
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El Ferrocarril Rosario a Puert ...... ocarril Oeste de Buenos Aires.
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The Rosario and Puerto Belgran ...... thern and BA Western railways.
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Company defunct; rail lines became part ofMitreandRocaRailways in 1948.
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Bahía Blanca station building in 1930.
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El Ferrocarril Rosario a Puert ...... ocarril Oeste de Buenos Aires.
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The Rosario and Puerto Belgran ...... thern and BA Western railways.
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Ferrocarril Rosario a Puerto Belgrano
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