Capilla del Señor Historic Train

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Capilla del Señor Historic Train
Capilla station (FCU), pictured in 2021
Overview
Service typeInter-city
StatusDefunct
LocaleBuenos Aires Province
First service1993
Last service2011; 13 years ago (2011)
Current operator(s)Ferroclub Argentino
Former operator(s)Ferrocarriles Argentinos
Route
TerminiF. Lacroze
Capilla del Señor
Distance travelled86 km (53 mi)
Service frequencyWeekly
Line(s) usedUrquiza
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

The Capilla del Señor Historic Train was a

railway nationalisation
of 1948.

The service operated only on Sundays.

History

The service was started by Ferroclub Argentino, a non-profit association formed by railway enthusiasts of Argentina that restored and put into operation old rolling stock.[1]

Train stop at Bella Vista station in 1995

Some of the locomotives owned and restored by Ferroclub were Baldwin, Henschel and Kerr Stuart, being the

Neilson & Co. 0-6-0 n° 27 Monte Caseros (built in 1888)[2][3] one of the models used to run trains to Capilla.[4][5][6][7] Those locomotives had been originally acquired and run by Argentine North Eastern Railway ("Ferrocarril Nordeste Argentino") that connected the Argentine Mesopotamia from Concepción del Uruguay in Entre Ríos Province to Posadas in Misiones Province.[8] The Yatay locomotive was also used to run trains on the line.[8]

In 1999 the service was discontinued,[9] although it would be reissued[10] until it was definitely closed in 2011.

Since El Gran Capitán service was closed in 2011,

Trenes Argentinos Cargas y Logística
operates on Urquiza Railway routes.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tren Historico a vapor a Capilla del Señor", EnCapilla website
  2. ^ "Mañana en Estación Cnel. Lynch", Mis Días en la vía, 13 Dec 2009
  3. ^ "La historia viaja en ferrocarril", Página/12, 31 Ago 2007
  4. ^ "Algunas de las joyas del Ferroclub Lynch" Todo Trenes, 7 Sep 2010
  5. ^ "Tren historico a Capilla del Señor - Ferroclub Argentino (Parte 2)" by Luis Quispe, Ferrocarriles Argentinos blog, 9 May 2010
  6. ^ "Vaporeras" on Ferroclub website (Archive) 31 Ago 2005
  7. ^ Steam in South America, November 2008
  8. ^ a b "Locomotoras Neilson del F.C.N.E.A.", Basso en la Red
  9. ^ "Tomando rumbo nor-este...", Satélite Ferroviario
  10. ^ "Viaje del Ferroclub en el tren histórico hasta Capilla del Señor", Plataforma 14, 2008
  11. ^ "Piden reabrir la ruta del tren El Gran Capitán", El Cronista, 26 Nov 2013
  12. ^ "Argentina Seizes Railway From Brazil’s ALL Over Contract Breach", Bloomberg.com, 2013-06-04

External links

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