Turning the locomotive before departing to Buenos Aires.
A rare sight, ex-RENFE 319 series hauling the YPF "Vaca Muerta" train, which transports the special sand needed for the extraction the shale oil, in a process named Fracking. The sand is... (more)
Friendly crew! :)
Service restored!. After more than 20 years Buenos Aires and Rufino are again connected by train, in the photo the second regular train to Rufino served with chinese consist.
Shiny Ex-RENFE J16 with new livery after a general repair, passing next to the Malvinas War fallen monument.
Train No.154 coming from General Pico, La Pampa heading Once, passing trough Villa Luro station 45 minutes delayed. The consist is served by 15 new chinese cars.
Reprofiling wheels. Taken with permission.
Brand new EMD CSR-Mitsubishi in service, at the background the double deck Toshiba/PUMA still in service. When the 25 all new chinese consist be in service, they will be used as back up.
ALCo #B812 in process of prime mover load test. Taken with permission.
#A914 with the 12-645E3C recenlty installed, we can see the water pump banks, the lube oil strainer and the woodward regulator.
Service restored!! After more than 4 month of interruption due to the lack of locomotive to run the train, the service Retiro - JunĂn "El Martita" was restored with a former commuter se... (more)
Will have to get used to this. El Palomar station being conditioned for the new trains.
New Chinese locomotive making movements in Pilar to head a commuter train to Retiro.
Sunset over the rails.
