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Besides
ARAR Bulletin there were (or there will be) published several works related
with common interest subjects:
"DEL
BOULEVARD A LA FRONTERA (FROM THE BOULEVARD TO THE FRONTIER)" (Author:
Ángel Ferrer / Issued: August 1997 / 12 pages / A4 size):
Brief historical summary (in Spanish) of Córdoba and Rosario
Railway with photos, drawings, maps and tables about the first metre-gauge
railway laid in Rosario.
"INFORME
SOBRE UN FERRO-CARRIL ENTRE CORDOBA I EL RIO PARANÁ -Año
1855- (REPORT ABOUT A RAILWAY AMONG CORDOBA CITY AND PARANA RIVER -Year
1855-)" (Author: Allan Campbell / Issued: June 1998 / 36 pages / A4 size):
A reproduction of the very first Argentinian long-distance railway project
(in
Spanish) in 1854-1855 over the then build Central Argentine Railway
main line from Rosario to Córdoba. Recommended for their accurate
description of the (by then desolated) contry and the transportation means
then available (stage coaches, ox wagons and mule trains) and the railway
operation of its times. Contains several statistics charts, money
computations and first-level references for the scholar and the history
interested.
"FERRO
CARRIL OESTE SANTAFECINO - ALBUM FOTOGRÁFICO -Año 1887- (WESTERN
SANTAFECINE RAILWAY - PHOTO ALBUM - Year 1887-)" (Authors: Carlos A. Fernández
and Rolando N. Maggi / Issued: October 1998 / CD-ROM with 30 photographies
and additional information): CD-ROM reproduction (captions
and information in Spanish) of an 1887 Photo Album performed by the
Western Santafecine Railway when then build its Juárez Celman (today
Cruz Alta) and Melincue branches. Includes photographies of their
Rosario Terminus, intermediate stations, and several trains of this early
Argentine-capital pioneer railway.
"FERROCARRILES
EN ROSARIO (RAILWAYS IN ROSARIO)" (Authors: Ángel Ferrer and Carlos
A. Fernández Priotti / Issued: June 2001 / 114 pages / size 20 x
28 centimeters):
History of Rosario railways (in Spanish). Contains 117 photos
(many of them never published before) and 47 drawings, plans, general and
detailed maps (by location and date) besides 2 complete statistical summaries.
Moreover includes general summaries for each railway company (including
a national-coverage map with international links).
For
more details, see Page RAILWAYS IN ROSARIO
Soon to be Published:
"TROLEBUSES
ROSARINOS (ROSARIO TROLLEYBUSES)" (Author: Mariano C. Antenore / soon to
be published / 58 pages / A4 size):
A full history of Rosario trolleybus system (includes a World and Argentinian
summary, all in Spanish). Contains numerous photos (many of them
never published before) drawings, explicit diagrammes, general and by-route
maps, moreover technical information of all trolleybus coaches that there
were or there are operating in Rosario.
In Preparation:
"INFORME
SOBRE LA PRACTICABILIDAD DE LA PROLONGACIÓN DEL FERROCARRIL CENTRAL
ARGENTINO DESDE CORDOBA HASTA JUJUY -Año 1867-" (FEASIBILITY REPORT
OF THE LENGTHENING OF CENTRAL ARGENTINE RAILWAY FROM CORDOBA TO JUJUY -Year
1867- Author: Pompeyo Moneta):
Reproduction (in Spanish) of a report performed for the then (from
1870) great Argentine State metre-gauge railway system. Recommendable
for the accurate description of the then-desolated country, the early transportation
methods and the then "state of the art" railway technology. Moreover
contains numerous statistical charts, money computations and first-level
references for the scholar and the history interested.
For any question, send us an E-mail: correo@arar.org.ar