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The Córdoba North Western Railway (CNW) (in Spanish: Ferrocarril Córdoba y Noroeste) was a
The company was founded in 1889 to take over a concession, originally granted to Otto Bemberg & Co. the previous year, for the construction of a metre gauge line, 152 km long, from the Córdoba to
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-owned railway company
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, founded in 1889, that operated a railway network in the Córdoba Province of Argentina
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. Financial problems forced the sale of the company to the Argentine government in 1909.
History
The company was founded in 1889 to take over a concession, originally granted to Otto Bemberg & Co. the previous year, for the construction of a metre gauge line, 152 km long, from the Córdoba to Cruz del Eje
Cruz del Eje is a city in the province of Córdoba, Argentina. It had about 30,000 inhabitants at the . It is the head town of the department of the same name, which has a population of about 52,000.
The area of the city was originally inhabited ...
via La Calera and CosquÃn following the River Primero. The section from Córdoba to La Calera was opened on 30 July 1891 and San Roque was reached later that year on 4 September. The CosquÃn to Cruz del Eje section was opened on 10 August 1891 and the line was finally completed when the San Roque to CosquÃn section was opened on 7 March 1892.
In 1895, the company owned 8 locomotive
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s, 12 coaches, 4 brake vans, 87 goods wagons.
Following the CNW's financial problems the Córdoba Central Railway
The Córdoba Central Railway (CCR) (in Spanish: Ferrocarril Central Córdoba) was a British-owned railway company, founded in 1887, that operated a railway network in Argentina which extended from Buenos Aires, north west via Rosario and Cà ...
took over the working of the line from Córdoba to Cruz del Eje in 1901 and due to further operating losses the CNW was taken over by the Argentine government in 1909 and became part of the State network.
See also
* Tren de las Sierras * Belgrano RailwayReferences