Transportation in the second half of this century tends towards employing large vehicles that offer cheap freights. Tied up to their century-old gauges, the railroads are the only exception. In Argentina, highway and railroad infrastructures mainly converge to fluvial ports which, owing to their lack of depth, cannot take in present-day vessels.This paper describes a fast wide-gauge train, which cannot be derailed or overturned; it shall enjoy a cheap t/km freight, cheaper than that of current trucks and trains, and even of river and ocean-going ships. It shall unite the North and South regions of Argentina as one backbone, and shall behave like a vast river or inland channel, linking it up with the Patagonian deep-sea ports, integrating and developing the country, which will cause its products to be competitive all over the world.


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    Title :

    A Proposal for a Large Railroad Intended to Serve as a Backbone for the Development of the Argentine Republic


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Automotive Industry in Expanding Countries ; 1991



    Publication date :

    1991-09-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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