Jane's World Railways 1971-72

ARGENTINA - BOLIVIA - BRAZIL 387

16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Average Speeds

388 BRAZIL

Loco- ii 12 14
motives Passengers
L Line Freight movement
S Shunt
Gauge Route Trick Elect. Rail- Pass,
length length Steam cars train
system cars
incl. incl. and Electric Electric
NAME OF COMPANY type Diesel Diesel
E Elec- E Elec- Trailer
ADDRESS of con- De elec. Railbus
trified trified ductor Dh=hyd. Multiple
BRAZIL (contd.)
ft. in. miles miles Unit set
I E.F. Brafantina (metres) ((cm.) (km.)
Sio Paulo, Sio Paulo
3 3|" 66
(100) ((07)

E.F. Cimpoi do Jordio (RVC) 3 31' E 29 30 1.500 V.
(100) H7)
Pindamonhangaba, Sio Paulo OH(49) d.c.
3'3J- 896
Rede Viacao Cearense (100) ((.442) D2

Fortaleza, Ceara DeL 42

E.F. Central do Brazil (EFCB) 5'3" 943 3.000 V. S 12 D
(160)
Praca .Cristiano Otoni, ((.5(8) OHd.c. D 270
3 3|-
DEdif. Pedro 1 1, Rio de Janerio (100) E 274 E 21 E 176

(44()
811

((.518)

5 E.F. Central do Parana 3'3»- 335
Apurana, Parana (100) (540)

* Viacao Ferrea Centro-Oeste 3 31' 2,316 1,500 V.

(VFCO) (100) (3,728) 750 V.

(Comprising former EFBM, EFC and RAW) E 318 3-ph OH

r 6' (SI2)
170

(076) (273)

E.F. Corcovado 3'3t" E 2

Rio de Janeiro (100) (4
(Riggcnbach Rack.)

15 16 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Average Speeds Financial Data Couplers Buffers Rails Sleepers (crossties)

Freight Pass. Speed Revenue Oper Braking Type Centres Weight Type Spacing Curva- Gradient
Train Train max. Expenses (con- and and and ture
ating Height lb. per Number max.
Ratio tinuous) above Height yd. thick-
above ness per mile
rail (kg./m.)
rail ins. (per km.)

m.p.h. m.p.h m.p.h. ins. ins. (mm.) (mm.)
(k/n/hr.) (km/hr. ) (km,hr.)
(mm.) (mm.)

390 BRAZIL - CHILE 10 12 14

NAME OF COMPANY

ADDRESS

16 BRAZIL - CHILE 391

Average Speed 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

392 CHILE - COLOMBIA 10 12

NAME OF COMPANY

ADDRESS

CHILE - COLOMBIA 393

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 28 29 30 31

verage Speeds Financial Daittaa

reight Pass. Speed Revenue
Train Train max. Expenses

n.p.h. m.p.h. m.p.h. in 1000's
mlhr.) (km//ir.) (km/he)

394 COSTA RICA - CUBA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

10

COSTA RICA - CUBA - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 395

16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 30 31
Average Speeds

396 ECUADOR - EL SALVADOR - GUATEMALA - GUYANA - HAITI - HONDURAS - JAMAICA

NAME OF COMPANY

ADDRESS

ECUADOR - EL SALVADOR - GUATEMALA - GUYANA - HAITI - HONDURAS - JAMAICA 397

16 18 20 22 23 25 26 27 28 30

Average Speeds Financial Data Couplers Buffers Rails Sleepers (crossties) Axle
load
Freight Pass. Speed Revenue Oper- Braking Type Centres Weight Type Spacing. Curva- Gradient max. Alti- Staff Names of officials.
Train Train max. Expenses (con- and and and ture tude Extended lists can be
ating Height lb. per Number max. max. em- found at the end of
in 1000's Ratio tinuous) above Height yd. thick- max.
above ness per mile (U = not ployed. the individual country
rail ikg.lm.) (per km.) compen- feet Total in the report section
rail ins. (m.) immediately following
or sated) no.
ins. {mm.) centres
m.p.h. m.p.h. m.p.h. ins. (inclu.
(kmlhr.) (km/hr.) (km/hr.) (mm.) ins.
(mm.) work-
{mm.) shop)

15-5 18-6 Air Gould 70/45 Wood 24" 300° 5-5% 15-4
(25) (30) W'hse. X-E ASCE 6 (150) (6/0) 290° 3-0%
280° 2-5%
31 (783)

60/35
(30// 7)

m43/35

(21 1

70/55 29-0° 5-5°/
(35/27)

Triple

398 NICARAGUA - PANAMA - PARAGUAY - PERU

10 12

NICARAGUA - PANAMA - PARAGUAY - PERU 399

15 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Average Speed;
Freight Pass.

400 PERU - PUERTO RICO 13

F.C. de Trujillo
Apartado, 217, Trujillo

Closed in 1966.

PERU - PUERTO RICO 401

16 19 20 22 23 25 26 27 28 29 30

Average Speeds

402 SURINAM - TRINIDAD - URUGUAY - VENEZUELA 10 12

NAME OF COMPANY

ADDRESS

SURINAM - TRINIDAD - URUGUAY - VENEZUELA 403

15 16 17 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Average Speeds
Freight Pass.

404

ARGENTINA

G.N. P. ic Constant Prices

Agricultural Output

Industrial Production

Volume of Imports

Volume of Exports

Cost of Living (Buenos Aires)

Vol. of Railway Freight Traffic

Vol. of Railway Passenger Traffic

Exchange Rate £1=800 Pesos. $1=350 Pesos

Total Land Area 1.070,000 square miles

Total Population 22,691,000

Population Density 22 per square mile

ARGENTINA 405

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408 BOLIVIA

Director General: Ing. Rene Navajas M. »'.' •?>_ ii't-.m
Ing. Adhcmar Velarde O. 5
Director, Operations: Ing. Juan Gottret G.
Director. Administration:
Heads of Departments Ing. Guillermo GaMardo S.
Ing Antonio Liendo
Way and Works and Telecommunications Ing. Gregono Medrano A.
Sr. Jose Aramayo A.
Traffic and Operations: Sr. Bruno Reintsch V.
Sr. Jaime Lcguia I.
Traction Ing. Carlos Bclmonte I.
Finance: Ing, Luis Bravo
Purchases and Stores:
Superintendent. Personnel and Welfare:
Superintendent, Eastern Lines:
Chief of Operations. Eastern Lines:

As Bolivia is a landlocked country the railways are of maior importance, as they 3tj4 n';™.'
constitute the principal means of access to ports on the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans 1 I'HC)
via the neighbouring countries. These essential international railway connections
4-oi'l <rssl
are as follows:
with Chile to the Pacific ports of Arica and Antofagasta: j.fc>-W
RAIL > _
with Argentina to the Atlantic ports of Rosano and Buenos Aires;
with Brazil to the Atlantic port of Santos;
with Peru (by ship across Lake Titicaca to Puno) to the Pacific port of Matarani.

—The Empresa Nacional de Ferrocarriles (ENFE) consists of two separate rail

systems: Western, operating I 305 miles (2 101 km) of route; and Eastern, operat-
ing 760 miles (/ 222 km) of route. There is no connection between them as yet,
but a link line is planned between Cuevo and Sucre, and other lines are projected
(see map and paragraph "Trans-continental railway").

Tabulated information on page 386

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T

TOP Of

TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY Bolivian National Railways

The construction of a new line joining Florida and Aiquile is under active con-
sideration by the authorities in both Bolivia and Brazil because of its importance
to the economics of both countries. By linking the Eastern and Western Systems of
Bolivian Railways, direct rail connection would be available from La Paz to Brazil.

It would also be the final link in a metre-gauge transcontinental line 2,455 miles
(3,952 km.) long, joining the Pacific port of Arica, Chile, with the Atlantic port of
Santos, Brazil.

Route of trans-continental

BRAZIL 409

Tabulated information on page 386. BIDE FERROVI6RIA FEDERAL S. A.

Estradas de Ferro

—

410 BRAZIL

REDE FERROVIARIA FEDERAL SA (RFFSA)
PRACA DUQUE DE CAXIAS 86, RIO DE JANEIRO

The RFFSA comprise* 13 railways, and ii formed inco 4 co-ordinating Regions,

u follows:

REGIONAL NORTE (Northern Region)

av. Marques de Olinda 262. Recife. PE miles

Estrado de Ferro Sio Luiz-Teresina (EFSLT)
Rede de Vucio Cearense (RVC)
Rede Ferroviaria do Nordeste (RFN)
Viacio Ferrea Federal Leste Brasileiro (VFFLB)

REGIONAL CENTRO (Central Region)

GBEdit. D. Pedro II. S 45 1 . Rio.

Viacio Ferrea Centro-Oeste (VFCO)
Estrada de Ferro Leopoldina (EFL)
Estrada de Ferro Central do Brazil (EFCB)

REGIONAL CENTRO-SUL (Central-Southern Region)

Esticao da Luz. lo and, Sao Paulo. SP

Estrada de Ferro Santos a Jundiai (EFSJ)
Estrada de Ferro Noroeste do Brazil (EFNOB)

REGIONAL SUL (Southern Region)

Palacio do Comercio. Porto Alegre, RGS

Rede de Viacio Parana-Santa Catarina (RVPSC)
Estrada de Ferro Dona Tereza Cristina (EFDTC)
Estrada de Ferro Santa Catarina (EFSCt)
Viacio Ferrea do Rio Grande do Sul (VFRGS)

BRAZIL 411

i FIXED STWCTURE GAUGE

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Cia. MOGIANA de Estrsdas de Ferro, Brazil E.F. MADEIRA MAMORE, Brazil

Metre gauge. Metre gauge.

412

CHILE

Total Land Area

—

CHILE 413

CHILEAN STATE RAILWAYS

EMPRESA DE LOS FERROCARRILES DEL ESTADO DE CHILE, CASILLA 134-D, SANTIAGO, CHILE

General Manager: Luis Falcone Schiavetti

Manager, Operations: Juan Guillermo O'Ryan

,, Commercial: Mario Blanco Baeza

„ Administration: Gonzalo Millan Arrete

,, Engineering: Juan A. Retimal Espinosa

The complete system (see page 390, Tabular seccion. for details) consists of:

Red Norte (Northern Network)

Extends from La Calera, near Valparaiso, change-of-gauge junction with Southern
section, northward to Pueblo Hundido. It is completely dieselized.

Red Sur (Southern Network)
Extends from Puerto Montt northward through Santiago to Valparaiso. The main

line is electrified between Santiago and Chilian, north from Santiago and west to
Valparaiso and east to Los Andes. AM branch lines on this section are diesel-

operated. Work is in hand to electrify the main line south from Chilian.

F.C. Arica
Extends from Arica, on the coast close to Peruvian border, to Visvir where

it connects with Bolivian section to La Paz. A 24 mile (39 km.) section is operated

by rack system.

F.C. Iquique-Pueblo Hundido

Extends southwards from Iquique on the coast to connection with Red Norte
at Pueblo Hundido. All metre-gauge except for 155 miles (250 km.) of 4 ft. 8j
in. (1-435 m.) gauge, and a 3-rail combined gauge section of 79 miles (126 km.).

F.C. Transandino
Extends from Los Andes at the foot of the Andes Mountains to Caracoles on the

Chile-Argentina border, connecting with Argentine State Railways (F.C. General

Belgrano). Electrified; part rack rails.

Augusta Victona-Socompa Line
Connects at Socompa with Argentine State Railways (F.C. General Belgrana).

giving through service to Buenos Aires. Operated by F.C. Iquique-Hundido.

TRAFFIC

—

414

COLOMBIA

NATIONAL RAILWAYS OF COLOMBIA

FERROCAKKlLES NACtONALES DE COLOMBIA, CALLE 13, No. 18-24 BOGOTA

Tabulated data on page 392

Board of Directors Minister of Public Works:
Bernardo Garces Cordoba
President:
Oscar Gomez Villegas
Principal Members;
Camito Herrera Prado
Hernando Vargas Rubiano
Jose Vicente Davilla Tetlo
Alberto Velez Angel
Rafael Unda Ferrero

Officers Javier Ramirez Soto
General Manager: Luis Salazar Paez
Committee of Technical Advisors:
Luis Jose Gomez Silva
Secretary General:
Consultants: Federico Fischer
Alberto Suarez Hoyos
Railroad Police:
Technical Manager: Madigan-Hyland, De la Cruz
Department of Rehabilitation and Maintenance of & Co. Ltd. and SofreraM
Major Pedro A. Arias
Way: Alfredo Vega C.
Structures and Buildings:
Department of Shops and Equipment: Jorge Bravo
Communication and Signalling Department: Jorge Robayo
Commercial Manager: Eduardo Rodriguez
Transportation Department: Fabio Roldan
Market Studies: Franklin Greindinger
Rufino Costa
Public Relations: Juan Gongora

Financial and Control Manager: Eduardo Camargo Gamez
Real Estate Department:
Department of Economic Investigations: Jose A. Garcia
Accounting and Control Department: Jose G. Gutierrez
Warehouse and Purchasing Department: Jaime Rincon Camacho
Treasury Department: Eloy Guillot
Collection Department: Hernando Cifuentes
Administrative Manager: Pedro Lopez
Medical Department: Alfonso Valbuena
Personnel Department: Octavio Morales
Industrial Safety Department: Rafael Castelblanco
Training Department: Bernardo Sanchez
Administrative Inspectors: Julio Cesar Vera
Legal Department: Rafael Hurtado
Luis Alberto Lozano Ch.
Roberto Pineda

Division Pacifico miles
Buenaventura to: Popoyan, A. Lopez, Manizales

Division Central
Bogota to: Neiva, Ibague, Grecia, Barbosa, Belencito

Division Magdalena
Santa Marta to: Garmarra

Division Santander
Gamarra to: Grecia, Bucaramanga, Puerto Wilches

Division Antioquia
Grecia to: A. Lopez

Total route length

—:

415

COSTA RICA

Area Approx. 50,900 sq. miles

Population (1966): 1.540.800

The country is served by three railroads, one of which is electrified and the other
two using diesel locomotives.

F.C. ELECTRICO AL PACIFICO COSTA RICA
APARTADO 543, SAN JOSE.

General Manager: Ing. Guillermo Lara Bustamence

The Ferrocarril Electrico al Pacifico, government owned, maincains an electrified
service on a 3 ft. 6 in. gauge line between San Jose and Puntarenas, 72 miles ( / 16 km.).

FERROCARRIL DEL NORTE

(Northern Railway Company)
APARTADO 1308, SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA

President and General Manager: Charles W. Averre

Operates, as one system, the lines of two companies:

Costa Rica Railway Co., Ltd. < * TWO-;
69 Old Broad Street, London, E.C.2, England, 2 3 ««0-3
and its subsidiary:

Northern Railway Company (Costa Rica)
82 Bearer St., New York, N.Y. 10005 U.S.A.

FERROCARRIL DEL SUR ..

C/O UNITED FRUIT COMPANY, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A. I

The Ferrocarril del Sur, owned by the United Fruit Company of the U.S.A. through UfS FfiOM LIMON lit' i«i K4UIID.<; 9>11! T»l Ml HI

Cia. Bananera de Costa Rica serves the southern part of the country and the port Railway data on page 394.
of Golfito.

CUBA

CUBAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS

FERROCARRILES NACIONALES DE CUBA
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, HAVANA CUBA

Total Land Area 44,218 square miles (114,524 km*)
Total Population
Annual Increase in Population 7,937,200 (1967, official estimate)
Population Density
I -76 per cent
LAND USE (1946)
179-4 per square mile (69-3 per km 2
.)

416

ECUADOR

—

417

GUYANA

GUYANA RAILWAYS

TRANSPORT AND HARBOURS DEPARTMENT,
MAIN STREET, GEORGETOWN, DEMERARA

Tabulated information on page 396

Total Land Area 83,000 square miles General Manager: W. H. Griffith
Total Population 714233 (1970)
Annual Increase in Population 2*6 per cent The Department operates the railways, coastal and river services, inland road
Population Density 8 per square mile
transport services ,and a harbour and pilotage service.
LABOUR FORCE (1970) Total: 175 000 Per cent
46 Because the 200 mile long low-lying coastal plain is intersected by so many rivers,
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Public -e varying from half a mile to two miles wide (the estuary of the Essequibo River is
Mining, Manufacturing, Building and
Services and Distribution 20 miles wide), land communications are difficult.
Transport The railway consists of two separate lines running parallel to the seaboard.
Other
The standard gauge East Coast Line was formerly 60 miles (96 km) long extending
from Rosignol on the Berbice River to Georgetown on the Demarara River, but
in 1970 the 23 mile (37 km) section between Rosignol and Burma was closed down.
The line now runs from Burma to Georgetown, a distance of 37 miles (59 km).

A ferry connects across the river with the West Coast Line, 20 miles (32 km)

of 3 ft. 6 in gauge single track, which runs from Vreed-en-hoop on the Demarara

River to Parika on the east bank of the Essequibo River.

Currency $4-80 Guyana=£l (1970) Other Railways
In addition to the coastal services there are two other lines:
One operates out of the township of Linden (formerly MacKenzie) exclusively

for the transport of bauxite ore.

The other connects Port Kaituma with Matthews Ridge in the North West
District. Formerly owned by a manganese mining concession, it has now
been handed over to the Government.

HAITI

The Republic of Haiti occupies the western end of the island of Hispaniola, the LAND USE (1950) Per cent
remainder forming the Republic of Dominica. The main crop is sugar. See page 44
396 for tabulated data on railways. Urban Areas and Wasteland 25
Forests and Woodland 18
Permanent Meadow and Pasture 13
Arable and Orchard

Total Land Area 10,714 square miles (27,750 km 7
,)

Total Population 4,485,000 (1966) LABOUR FORCE (1950) Total 1,747,000 Per cent
83
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Public Utilities 6
Mining, Manufacturing, Building and
Annual Increase in Population 1*2 per cent Services and Distribution —8
Transport
Population Density 420 per square mile (162 per km 1 Other 3
.)

HONDURAS

FERROCARRIL NACIONAL DE HONDURAS

SAN PEDRO SULA, DPTO. DE CORTES, HONDURAS, C.A.

Railway data on page 396

With the Caribbean Sea as its northern border, Guatemala on the west, El Minister of Communications and Public Works: General Oswoldo Lopez Arellano
Salvador on the south and Nicaragua on the east, Honduras is primarily agricultural, Auditor: P. M. Tomas Osorio
other products being sugar, coffee, mahogany, cotton, gold, silver, opals, fish and General Manager: Dr. Herman Pascua L.
Assistant General Manager:
iron. Chief, Freight and Passenger Traffic Dept.: Edgardo Paz Paredes
Chief, Operating Dept.: Dionisio Romero
In addition to the Honduras National Railway, there are two other primarily Chief, Workshops:
industrial lines, see Tabular section page 460. Chief, Maintenance of Rolling Stock: Jacobo D. Rosales
Chief, Medical Dept.: Herman Miranda
Total land area 43,278 sq. miles (112,088 km 2 Inspector General: Ing. Norberto Torres R.
Total population .) Dr. Herman Pascua L.
Population density Arnulfo Suazo M.

4,485,000(1966) GENERAL

420 per sq. mile (162 per km 2 The Honduras National Railway consists of 106 miles (170 km.) of 3 ft. 6 in. track.
.)
During 1967 revenue amounted to U.S. $500,000 and expenses to U.S. §200,000.

90% of tractive power is diesel-electric and 10% diesel railcar.

POWER UNITS

The 6 diesel electric locomotives are 1,050 h.p. continuous tractive effort of
33,990 lb (/5,422 kg.); powered by Caterpillar D-398, 12 cylinder. V-type 1.300

r.p.m., turbo-supercharged engines.

JAMAICA

Railway data on page 396

JAMAICA RAILWAY CORPORATION

P.O. BOX 489, 142 BARRY STREET, KINGSTON, JAMAICA

'0 10 30 «

JAMAICA

Chairman: Don C. Tretzcl
General Manager and Secretary: U. H. Salmon
Deputy General Manager:
Traffic Manager: A. A. Bennett

Chief Civil Engineer: P. W. S. Choules
Chief Mechanical Engineer:
Finance Controller: A. N. Miller (Acting)
Personnel Manager: C. A. Duncan
Sales Manager:
Accounting Supervisor: N. H. Foster
Warehouse Supervisor: R. A. Walker
L. L. B. McNally

C. A. Allan
C. A. Sexton

This is a Government-owned but autonomous organisation which took over all AC/0/-6) 10 (254)
railway operations on I April I960. It is 205 miles {330 km.), 4 ft. 8$ in. (1-435 m.)

gauge.

418
FINANCIAL DETAILS

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419

PARAGUAY

Railway data on page 398.

Paraguay is a landlocked country, 164.100 sq. miles (425,000 km 2 ) in area, divided

into two parts by the Paraguay River which is navigable, for vessels drawing twelve
feet of water, as far as Asuncion, the capital. There are four separate railways,
only one being common carrier, the F.C. Presidente Carlos Antonio Lopez, the
others being industrial tines in western Paraguay and the Chaco.

The F.C. Presidente C.A. Lopez is the longest in the country, extending from
Asuncion southeast to Encarnacion and Pacu-Cua, 234 miles (376 km.) with a branch
from San Salvador to Abai 40 miles (65 km.) long. At Encarnacion a train ferry
across the River Alto Parana connects at Posadas with the Argentine State Railways

{.F.C. General Urquiza).

The present name was adopted when the former F.C. Central was acquired
by the Paraguan Government at the end of 1961.

FC PRESIDENTE CARLOS ANTONIO LOPEZ

CASSILLA DE CORREO 453, ASUNCION

Board of Directors Ricardo Garay
Fulgencia Moreno Gonzalez
President: Odilon Benitez
Director:
Director: Dr. Modesto AM

Director and General Manager: Ing. Enrique Barrail
Technical Adviser:
Heads of Departments: Ing. Mqta. Carlos Royg Ferreira
Juan Amelia
Technical: Julio Rodriguez Perez
Finance: Carlos Antonio Bavera
Felipe Matiauda
Traffic: Ing. Julio Cesar Zucchini
Alipio Ovando
Motive Power and Workshops:
Stores and Purchases:

Way and Works:

Personnel:

FINANCIAL RESULTS 1968
165,948
Revenue (000's) 166,502
Expenses (000's)
Operating Ratio 100-2

PERU

Peru has an area of roughly 496,000 square miles and is bounded by the Pacific. MOTIVE POWER TREND
Ocean to the west, Ecuador and Columbia to the north. Brazil and Bolivia to the
east, and Chile to the south. The railways are generally located in the western Proportion of total train miles operated by: /964 /965 /966 /967
and southern regions of the country and include a number of industrial railways.
To improve railway facilities in the South of Peru, largely on account of the import- Steam traction % 13 I 79 6 —
ance of the Bolivian traffic and the steadily increasing volume of traffic generally, 99 4
the Peruvian Government constructed a modern port at Matarani some twelve Diesel traction % 850 906 100
miles north of Mollendo and a railway connection 39 miles (62-3 km.) long from 19 —
the port to La Joya, at km. 87 on the Southern Railways main line from Mollendo. Electric traction % 1-5 —

There are about 2,700 miles of railway in Peru of which the Peruvian Corporation Future requirements are I diesel locomotive. I railcar and 50 freight cars over the
operates some 40 ",,, the remainder being roughly divided between Government-
owned and privately-owned lines. Details of all the railways are given in the next five years.
Tabular Section, page 462.
In 1967 23 miles (37 km.) of track was closed between Lima and Ancor. New

rail laid was 687 tons of 80 lb. (397 kg.) BS(R) rail in 1969 and a further 800 tons

scheduled for 1970/71.

FERROCARRIL CENTRAL DEL PERU

PERUVIAN CORPORATION LTD., CASILLA 301,

LIMA, PERU

This 215 mile (346 km.) standard gauge line runs from Callao via Lima and Oroya
(junction with Cerro de Pasca Railway) to Huancayo (junction with F.C. Huancayo-

Huancavelica).

There are 66 tunnels with an aggregate length of 5-53 miles (8 9 km.), 59 bridges
and 6 double zig-zags (reversing stations) and I single on the main line, and 3
double zig-zags on branch lines.

The main line climbs from sea level to its highest point 15,688 feet (4,782 m.) in
the Galera Tunnel in 106 miles (171 km.) from Callao.

The highest point on the system is 15,844 feet (4,829 m.) above sea level at a
siding at La Cima on the Ticlio-Morococha branch. This makes it the highest
standard gauge line in the world.

General Manager: H. F. Matthews F. C. Central del Peru
Traffic Manager: T. F. Dochcrty
Chief Accountant: G. T. Ramsey
Chief Mechanical Engineer: E. A. Taylor
Stores Superintendent: C. F. Gilby

420 MAP OF RAILWAYS IN PERU

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PACIFIC

OCEAN

Peruvian Corporation

Government owned
Other Roi/ways

PERU 421

TRACK DETAILS 80 lb. per yd. (397 kg./m.) B.S.(R).

Standard rail

—

422 CONTAINERS

TRACK WORK IN 1969 The Fcrrocarril del Sur owns 71 light alloy containers used on the Peru-Bolivia

New construction Wroute. They are numbered F.C.S 1-71. Their outside dimensions are 6 ft. 10J in
(2 08 m.) L x 7 ft. 10, in. (2 39 m.) x 6 ft. 10* in. (208 m.) H.
Including the La Joya-Matarani Railway a total of 2 893 ft. (882 m.) of new track
was built. CONTAINER TERMINALS USED BY F.C.S.

New rail laid Address Route TVonsport System
BSA 80 lb yd (397 kg m): 3 3 miles (S3 kmX Matarani, Peru Matarani-Puno Southern Rly.
Guaqui, Bolivia Puno-Guaqui Lake Steamer
BSS 80 lb yd (397 kg.m); 2 5 miles (4 km). La Paz, Bolivia Guaqui Rly.
Oruro. Bolivia /La Paz /Guaqui Rly.
SIGNALLING Cochabamba, Bolivia Guaqui- /Oruro /and
/State Railway
Selective Telephone installations arc almost complete from the Arcquipa Train /Cochabamba
Control Office to the coast, and well ahead on the remainder of the line to Juliaca.
The completion of the installation between Puno and Cuzco will be the third stage
of the operation.

URUGUAY

Total Land Area 72,172 square miles Uruguay is bordered by Argentina on the west, Brazil on the northeast, and
2.592,600
Total Population (Oct. 1963) 20 per square mile the Atlantic on the south. All the common carrier railways, which radiate from
Montevideo, are State-owned and are operated on behalf of the Government by
Population Density % this autonomous organisation formed in September, 1952.

=I U.S. $ 200 U.R.P. (Pesos) 27 A Commission was appointed in 1958 to examine the whole transportation system
53
LAND USE (1967) 18 in Uruguay.

Urban Areas and Wasteland 2 There are 1 ,866 miles (3,008 km.) of track in Uruguay providing a link with Argen-
Permanent Meadow and Pasture tine and Brazil.
Arable and Orchard
Forests and Woodland

STATE RAILWAYS ADMINISTRATION
ADMINISTRACI6N DE FERROCARRILES DEL ESTADO (A.F.E.). LA PAZ 1095, MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY

Railway data on page 402.

President; Julio C. Bustelo Secretary Genera/, Management: Antonio M. Damasco
Vice-President:
Directors: Ramon Cotelo Manager, Accountancy Dept.: Cr. Hamlet Tarrallo Ricaud
„ Rolling Stock and Traction: Ing. Carlos Peixoto
Secretary General: Ing. Armando Bartharuru ., Operating Dept: Ing. Paul H. Bernier
General Manager: „ Way and Works: Ing. Mateo Esteva Sureda
Assistant General Manager: Juan Carlos Elizeire Ing. Francisco Puppo
Chief, Signalling and Communications: Hector H. Hernandez
J. Ferreira Ramos Dr. Julio Estefan
Prof. Jorge Balms Barbagelata Stores Dept:.
Ing. Delfino Fros Torres Medical Dept.:
Ing. Julio J. Ader

FIXC0 STRUCTURE CiAuGE
MOVING STRUCTURE GAUGE -

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Uruguay State Railways

VENEZUELA

Total Land Area 352,000 square miles
Total Population 7.872,000 (1962, Excluding Indian Jungle Popula-

Annual Increase in Population tion)
Population Density 4-3 per cent (1953-61)
22 per square mile

LAND USE (1956) Per cent EMPLOYED PERSONS (1950) Total: 1.599,000 Ptr cent
56
Urban Areas and Wasteland 21 Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Public Utilities 44
Forests and Woodland 20 Mining, Manufacturing, Building and 20
Permanent Meadow and Pasture 3 Services and Distribution
Arable and Orchard Transport 31
Other 3
2

VENEZUELA STATE RAILWAYS
INSTITUTO AUTONOMO ADMINISTRACI6N DE FERROCARFULES DEL ESTADO. ESTACI6N CANO AMARILLO, CARACAS

Genera/ Manager: Dr. Andres Reveron Larre

The State owned system is undergoing a complete reorganisation. The pro- The lines open to traffic are: 109 miles (175 km.)
gramme of reconstruction of existing lines and building new lines is in progress. 75 „ (120 „ )
F.C. Puerto Cabello-Barquisimeto:
Railway data on page 402. Gran F.C. del Tachiro:



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424

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NAME OF COMPANY

ADDRESS

ALGERIA

Societe Nationale Chemins de Fer
Algerien, (SNCFA)

21-23. Blvd. Mohjmed V., Algiers
N:

2 C.F. de Tebeoa i Djebel-Onk

Bir-el-Ater
(Operated by SNCFA)

ANGOLA

3 Bengnela Railway Company

iCaminho de Ferro de Benguela)
London Office :

Princes House. 95 Gresham St., E.C.2
Heod Office.

Rua do Ataide 7a, Lisbon 2, Portugal
African Management:

C.P. 32, Lobito

4 Caminho de Ferro do Amboim

Avenido Infante Santo, 15-8 Lisbon,
Portugal

ALGERIA DAHOMEY 427

16 18 20 21 22 23 2-1 25 26 27 28 29 30

Average Speed

428 EAST AFRICA-MAURITANIA

10 n 12

Loco- Freight movement Passengers
motives
Gauge Route Track Elect, Rail- Pass. Freight Total Av'ge Av*ge Max. Total Aver-
length length L— Una cars train train haul net »««
NAME OF COMPANY system cars cars Volume per trailing number jour-
incl. incl. and S Shunt Electric ton train load ney
ADDRESS type Diesel Con- carried load carried
E- Elec- E Elec- Steam Trailer miles
of con- Railbus tainers Thous- (km.)
trified trified ductor Electric Multiple ands
Diesel
ft. in. miles miles Unit set of tons 1000s miles
(km.) De = elec. (km.)
(metres) (km.)
Dh: hyd.

EAST AFRICA 3 3," 3.663 4,320
(100) 15.894) (6.952)
KENYA, TANZANIA,

UGANDA

East African Railways Corporation
P.O. Box 30121. Nairobi. Kenya

EGYPT 4' 8," 2.802 4,149
((•435) (4.5/0) (6.677)
Egyptian Republic Railways E 37
Rameses Square, Cairo E 15
(60)
(25)

2' Si' 226
(0-750) (347)

Basse Egypt Railway 3 3j' 157
Mansura {1000) (253)

Egyptian Delta Light Railway 2' 5i"

Cairo. (Being replaced by road services) (0-75)

EAST AFRICA- MAURITANIA 429

19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Average Speeds

430 MAURITIUS - SOUTH AFRICA

10 13

MAURITIUS - SOUTH AFRICA 43

16 18 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Avenge Speeds

432 SUDAN -ZAMBIA

10 12 13

SUDAN -ZAMBIA 433

15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Average Speeds Financial Dau Couplers Buffers Rails Sleepers (crossties) Gradient Axle
max. load
Feright Pass. Speed Revenue Oper- Braking Type Centres Weight Type Spacing. Curva- max. Alti- Staff Names of officials.
Train Train max. Expenses (con- and and and ture (U = not tude Extended lists can be
ating Height lb. per Number max. em- found at the end of
Ratio tinuous) above Height yd. thick- compen- max.
above ness per mile ployed. the individual country
rail (kg./m.) (per km.) sated) feet Total in the report section
rail ins. (m.) immediately following
m.p.h. m.p.h. m.p.h. in 1000's or no.
(km./hr) (km/hr.) (km/hr.) ins. ins. (mm.) centres (inclu.

(mm.) (mm.) ins. work-
shop)
(mm.)

31 31 37 ISI7.0588 972 Vac. Auto. Buffer- 90 50 Wood: 2,100 4-0' 10% 165
(SO) (SO) (60) 16.558 I coupler (45125) (1.300)
Expenses Gr.SCr. Alliance 6 (153)
50 35
35 (889) (889)
(80)
Railcars

434

ALGERIA

ALGERIAN RAILWAYS
SOCIETE NATIONALE DES CHEMINS DE FER ALGERIENS, (SNCFA) 21-23 BOULEVARD MOHAMED V. ALGIERS

Director • General : C. J. Benmehdjouba.
Tabulated railway data on pagt 426.

Zo/omh - Been
nenoa'sa

FINANCIAL RESULTS 1966 1967 (968 (969 /970 LINE CLOSED

1965 1858 2867 3170 The section of narrow gauge line between Oulmene and Tebessa has been closed
2023 227 8 2563
Millions of Dinars to all traffic.
109 85 81
Revenue 202 6 2426 2428 SIGNAL AND TRAIN CONTROL INSTALLATIONS
Expenses 2125
Operating ratio 2489 2207 During 1970 automatic light and sound signalling was installed at a number of
105 level crossings. Electrically operated colour light signal and switch point installa-
103 91 tions have replaced mechanical operation at a number of locations.

TRAFFIC DETAILS 1962 1963 1964 (966 (970 WELDED RAIL Thermit 90%.
Electric 10%.
Passenger-kms (000) 439 351 420 969 543 964 681 384 I 014 420 System of welding
Tonne-kms (000) 031073 886 886 897 509 705 217 1408.110 760 miles (/,223 km.).
Total length welded track 132 miles (212 km.).
ELECTRIFICATION 1-45 m. gauge
132 miles (213 km.).
—The route length of electrified line, all standard gauge, is 186 miles (299 km.): „ „ narrow ,,
—Annaba Tebessa Longest section of track S.33. 92 8 lb. (46 kg./m.) and EA.A2, 84 8 lb. (42 kg./m.)
—Oued Keberit Ouenza in 39 4 ft. and 59 ft. (12 m. and 18 m.) lengths.
—Ain Chema Bou Khadra Rail
118 ft. and 236 ft. (36 and 72 m.).
Tebessa— Eb Kouif Max. length welded bars
Generally at depots and transported on flat cars.
VARIES ACCORDING Where welded
In tunnels, maximum length 4,921 ft. 11.500 m.);
In situ welding also some experimental sections of open track from

Rail fastening! 1,312 ft. to 3,937 ft. (400 m. to 1,200 m.).
Standard methods as for non-welded track.

CONTAINER SERVICE

The S.N.C.F.A. owns and operates a pool of 738 containers of various types, and
also transports containers belonging to private concerns. No container-trains are
operated the movement being by ordinary freight train. Container traffic by rail
averages about 200 tonnes per month, and is confined entirely to internal move-
ment.

Developments in this mode of transport are being studied with a view to future

action as necessary.

Railway-owned containers Type
Number

145
416
48
25

2
2
4
2
2

mi. 43
17
32

:

435

ANGOLA

BENGUELA RAILWAY
CAMINHO DE FERRO DE BENGUELA, RUA DO ATAIDE 7-A, LISBON 2, PORTUGAL

See page 426 for tabulated data on railways

London Office: Princes House, 95 Gresham Street, London, E.C.2.

African Management: P.O. Box 32, Lobito. Angola.

Board of Directors Col. J. da Luz Cunha
Government Commissioner:
Chairman: Dr. Luis Supico Pinto
Ambassador Dr. Franco Noguerra
Vice-Chairman: Dr. Manual Antonio Fernandes
Managing Director: D. Antonio de Almeida Correa de Sa
Assistant Managing Director: Admiral J. A. Guerreiro de Brito
Directors:
The Hon. Alexander Hood
General Manager:
Assistant to General Manager: R. F. Medlicott
Manager (Administrative) Col. Artur Mendes de Magalhaes
Manager {Technical): Dr. A. E. Ferreira Pinto Basto
Chief Mechanical Engineer: Baron de Spirlet
Tanganyika Consessions Ltd.
,, Civil Engineer: S. G. Watts
„ Operating Superintendent; Eng. Augusto Bandeira
,, Staff Officer: Dr. Canhao Bernandes
Eng. A. Aguiar Silva
Deve/opment Officer:
,, of Forestry: Eng. C. Pinto Basto
,, Accountant: Eng. Nozolino de Azevedo
„ Medical Officer: Eng. L. da Costa
,, Commercial Superintendent: Eng. A. V. Pacao
„ Supplies Officer:
,, Data Processing Officer: Eng. M. de Sampaio
Eng. Lamas Viana
Eng. Carita Frade
Dr. Guilherme Pratas

Dr. J. da Silva
Dr. E. Camara e Sousa
Dr. E. Lory

Snr. A. Ribeiro

GENERAL

The Benguela Railway serves an extensive area of the Angola territory and
connects the excellent port of Lobito with the Congo. This is the shortest and
quickest route from Central Africa to Europe and America.

The traffic carried is constituted mainly of minerals and ores from the Congo and
Zambia, for shipping from Lobito. In the upward direction, the traffic consists

essentially of machinery, petrol and oils, coal and general merchandise.

The increase in traffic recorded in recent years has been made possible through
a methodical programme of new works and betterments carried out in order to
increase railway carrying capacity and to improve the working conditions.

The following are some of the works which have been carried out in this respect:

Lengthening of lines in crossing loops.

Re-alignment and re-grading of the track in various sections of the line.

Improvement of track and strengthening of bridges.

Detailed signalling in respect of the maximum authorized speeds on the various

parts of the line.

Renewal and improvement of the telecommunication system.

Renewal of workshops equipment.

Plans are in hand to double the maximum capacity of the line by the construction
of an alternative alignment, known as the "Cubal Variant", which will cost approx-
imately £10 million sterling. With the purchase of new diesel locomotives the

capacity could be increased to 3 million tons a year in each direction.

FINANCIAL RESULTS 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970

Revenue (Thousands of Escudos)

—

436

CAMEROUN

REGIE DES CHEMINS DE FER DU CAMEROUN

B.P. 304, DOULA

Tabulated data on page 426

General Manager: Andre Destoppclcirc RAILWAY TRAFFIC Bosis 100 in I9S3
Administrative Advisor: Henri Hamel
Secretary General: Bruno Baloga
Chief. Operations Dept: Henri Cornc
Chief, Motive Power and Rolling Slock: Samuel Minko
Jean Betry
Chief. Way and Works: Jean Trouslard
Head of Stocks Dept: Paul Levy
Head of Accounting Dept. and Finance:

Since I October, 1961 Cameroun consists of the Federated States of East and
West Cameroun. Each has a surface area of:

East Cameroun: 164.090 square miles {425,000 km'.)
West Cameroun:
16,580 square miles (42,942 km 1
.)

a total of 180,670 square miles (467.942 km'.)

On I October, 1961 the population was estimated at 4,000,000 inhabitants. At

the beginning of 1969 the estimated figure is over 5 million.

Exchange rate: =I Pound 69l C.F. A. francs.
=I dollar 246-85 C.F.A.

LAND USE (1954) Per Cent

Urban Areas and Wasteland 12
Forests and Woodland 53
Permanent Meadow and Pastures 19
Arable and Orchard 16

Cameroun, a chiefly agricultural country, exports bananas, coffee, cotton, palm
kernels, pepper and timber. Since 1957 aluminium in bars is exported by the

ALUCAM plant in Edea (tonnage transported by rail in 1967 was 49,000 tons).

Since I960, 36 factories have gone up in the Federation, 17 of which in Douala:
these factories can be classified as follows:

Food Industries 5
Timber enterprises
Chemical industries 6
Metallurgic industries 9
Textile industries 6
Mining industries 4
Building materials
3
3