Just in from YPF's Refinery in Luján de Cuyo, Ferrocarril General San Martín's ALCo. RSD 16 #8468 has brought freight train number 5508 into Palmira's North Yard in the early morning of a mid-De... (more)

Number 8420, a 1957-built ALCo.-MLW FPD7-model, rests between runs in General San MartĂ­n R.R.'s diesel shed in Mendoza. Unit still sports its original black/silver MLW builder's plate and a good ... (more)

chinese locomotive CSR SDD7 owned for Ferrocarril General San Martin (Argentina) waiting for orders at J.C.Paz station, Buenos Aires province, Argentina

General San Martín's ALCo.-MLW RSD35 #6465 pulls Number 573 "El Sanrafaelino" away from the Monte Comán station, on its way to complete the final leg of the overnight run from Buenos Aires (Reti... (more)

END OF AN ERA. The old alliance of 1800 HP. ALCo. power hauling Materfer (Argentinean)-built coaches held an almost half-century long monopoly of commuter haulage on the General San MartĂ­n RR.'s ... (more)

Ferrocarril General San MartĂ­n #8515 idles at Retiro Station under the bright sunshine of a mid-Summer morning between commuter-train duties. ALCo.'s Schenectady Works built the 1.800 HP locomoti... (more)

After more than a decade of almost absolute impossibility to find one in passenger-train service, Summer 1991/1992 marked the return of General San MartĂ­n Railroad's ALCo.-MLW FPD7's to Buenos Ai... (more)

General San Martín Railroad's ALCo.-MLW FPD7 #8424 enters South Yard at Palmira, Province of Mendoza, with a train of tank cars loaded with oil from the Malargûe fields. The old yard was the rec... (more)

General San MartĂ­n Railroad's ALCo. RSD16 #8484 heads a six-car commuter train ready to leave Retiro Terminal. The General San MartĂ­n RR. operated its 75 RSD16's in all kind of duties: commuter ... (more)

ALCo. RSD16 #8499 entered the suburban station at Hurlingham with a 5-coach commuter train of the General San MartĂ­n Railroad during the leisure hours of a Spring afternoon. The four-track mainli... (more)

ALCo.-MLW FPD7 #8406 pulls away from the Palmira Yard with an empty train of oil tank cars and trailing dead-in-tow ALCo. RSD16 #8488, entering the eastbound (down) main of the double track mainli... (more)

With its journey from Mendoza to Buenos Aires soon to be completed, General San MartĂ­n Railroad's premier train, number 562 "El Libertador" turns the bend into the bridge that carries the mainlin... (more)