Ferrocarril de Comodoro Rivadavia a Colonia Sarmiento
Status
Defunct company; rail line dismantled
Owner
Government of Argentina
Locale
Chubut
Termini
Comodoro Rivadavia
Colonia Sarmiento
Stations
27
Service
Type
Inter-city
Services
3
Operator(s)
Ferrocarriles Patagónicos (1912–48) Ferrocarriles Argentinos (1948–78)
History
Opened
1912
Closed
1978; 46 years ago (1978)
Technical
Line length
208 km (129 mi)
Track gauge
1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Route map
The Comodoro Rivadavia and Colonia Sarmiento Railway (Ferrocarril de Comodoro Rivadavia a Colonia Sarmiento) was an Argentine railway company that built and operated a broad gauge line that connected the port of Comodoro Rivadavia with Colonia Sarmiento in Chubut Province. The FCCRCS -belonging to Argentine State Railway- also connected to Central Chubut Railway.[1]
This railway, also known by local inhabitants as "Autovía", was the transport that joined oil wells of the region, where local companies Astra and YPF extracted petroleum that had been discovered in Comodoro Rivadavia in 1907.
At the very beginning, goods and passengers were carried by steam locomotive trains and then by railcars, nicknamed "chanchitas" due to their lack of comfort.[2] The FCCRCS' remnants are considered as cultural heritage in Comodoro Rivadavia and Sarmiento, where they are kept and exhibited at Railway & Port Museum and National Petroleum Museum (in Comodoro) and Regional Museum Desiderio Torres (in Sarmiento).
^"Ferrocarril de Comodoro Rivadavia". Google Earth. 16 February 2011.
^"Potencia motriz desde Comodoro Rivadavia". Ferrocarriles in el Cono Sur (in Spanish).
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