This is a General Mitre DL500 at the Pan American Railway Exposition in B.A. in 1957. The large white sign on the side advertises Alco's local representative Juan Terrile. Looks like a Ganz shovel nose railcar at the left.
Thomas L. Anderson photo
Andrew Jones' report (Nov 24, 2000):
TMS:
Locos in service,
802,804,810,813,815,816,817,818,819,820,822,823,826,829,830,831. 812 and
814 are in works at Taller Perez in Rosario. All except 831(FA red and
yellow) are in TMS livery, 816,819 and 820 are in the original TMS colours
the rest are in the new scheme. ALCO powered GAIA locos seen were 601 and
602 which were station pilots at Retiro San Martin.
TBA:
RSD 39's seen,
651,652,653,654,655,656,657,659,660,661,662,663,664,666,668. RSD 16's both
8448 and 8488 were in use on the Retiro Mitre to Zarate services. GAIA
loco's D603,607 and 605 were seen around Villa Ballester and Victoria,
some times working passenger trains on the Zarate and Capilla de Senor
lines.
UEPFP:
RSD 16's 8456 and 8445 were both seen active on passenger trains, 8445
was working the Retiro San Martin to Iriarte train at weekends, it was a
GT-22 in the week. 8456 was seen on the Lincoln - Once train on 19/11/00.
No sign of the RSD 35, 6417.
BAP:
I didn't record all the locos seen, but we did a car trip to Justo Daract
depot on the Mendoza line and found 8402 and 8414 there, the shed forman
said that there are 4 DL500C left in service. He also allowed us to drive
8402 around the shed yard on full power and it sounded superb with plenty
of black smoke. He also told us that they tend only to work from there to
Mendoza due to the lack of turning facilities further west, although they
still occasionally go through.
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This picture of 8248 and 8230 was taken in Retíro. On
February 26th the company FEMED, concessioner of the trains of the
county of Córdoba, carried out a test trip between the city of Córdoba
and Buenos Aires. FEMED will begin passenger service on that line on
June 1st 1998. The company owns only these two Alco RSD-16 units.
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