National Rail Museum - Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Traveller

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Just this afternoon travelled across the city to visit Argentina's national rail museum, it is beautiful. Have a large number of photos but can't process them for a few hours, anyone interested?

If you want to contact the museum to get further info then address any email to Martin, he is a good English speaker and works on the museum organisation, he had answers to all my questions.

[email protected]

The outside section of the museum is closed to the public as it is being reogansied and rebuilt, forgot to ask when it will reopen.

Museum website. only in Spanish :

Museo Nacional Ferroviario
 

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The main musem building holding detail exhibits.

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Model steam engine.

The original is described by Martin as enormous, it is located in the outside section. The outer areas are being completely rebuilt and were off limits when I was there.
Taking a sneak look on leaving they are constructing several new open sided buildings for the exibits and are well under way.

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Original name plates

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More to follow.
 
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Two faced clock. It was verified it was used in Retiro and Constitucion stations Buenos Aires plus other major ones too.

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Foot operated lathe used in rail workshop(s). Have never seen one before

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A collection of LARGE spanners and wrenches. Boots at the rear of photo were large, at least size 12

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Just liked this photo, no idea what or where

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Cutaway model

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Elegant train

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Seeing all the wagon manufacturers metal plates in post 3 reminded me of also seeing many on my visit to the railway museum in Delhi, India...
I am not a fan of one country exploiting another, but it still amazes me how many former UK businesses and skilled workers have vanished over time, since these and similar products were made.
I guess the US has gone through a similar thing, with the "rust belt" contractions in certain manufacturing businesses...
 

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Seeing all the wagon manufacturers metal plates in post 3 reminded me of also seeing many on my visit to the railway museum in Delhi, India...
I am not a fan of one country exploiting another, but it still amazes me how many former UK businesses and skilled workers have vanished over time, since these and similar products were made.
I guess the US has gone through a similar thing, with the "rust belt" contractions in certain manufacturing businesses...
The construction of the railways left a huge impact on Argentina.

When you travel around Argentina you find many minor stations whose architecture makes them look like cookie cutter copies of British country stations, and you could for a moment be mistaken for thinking you're on the Settle and Carlisle on a summer day. Also things like overbridges, signals and signal boxes seem to be ordered from British catalogs. The mighty Retiro station in Buenos Aires was actually built on Merseyside and shipped over in pieces.

The British companies also brought their own staff to build the railways and many stayed on to operate them. Although their decsendants have long since become fully integrated in Argentine society, it is astounding how prevalent Irish and British surnames are, especially in the smaller railway towns.
 

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I'm in favour of seeing other countries' railway history, as added to the development of the railways was the introduction of football, which - especially in the case of Argentina - has become a major national identity and focus. As I remember, there are still important Argentinian club teams with names which show the link to the railway industry. The railways and football are very closely linked across the globe.
 
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