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, , 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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French
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broad gauge
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single track
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Rosario
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Puerto Belgrano
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Argentina
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Bahía Blanca
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Buenos Aires Province
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Buenos Aires
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BA Great Southern
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BA Western
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Rosario and Puerto Belgrano Railway
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