Yerba Buena Steam Tram
The Yerba Buena Steam Tram ( es, Tranvía Rural a Vapor de Yerba Buena, nicknamed ''Trencito'' or ''La Chorbita'') was a long gauge railway in the city of Yerba Buena, Tucumán, Yerba Buena in Tucumán Province. It was inaugurated on 29 June 1916 during the Argentina Centennial, Centennial of the Argentine Declaration of Independence, Argentine Independence and was shut down a decade later in 1926.El chisporroteo de la chorbita mandó a vía muerta al “Trencito” de Yerba Buena
on ''La Gazeta'', 11 Apr 2014 (archived)

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On November 15, 1915, it was promulgated the law that allowed the Executive Power of Tucumán (at the ti ...
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Tram
A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport are called tramways or simply trams/streetcars. Many recently built tramways use the contemporary term light rail. The vehicles are called streetcars or trolleys (not to be confused with trolleybus) in North America and trams or tramcars elsewhere. The first two terms are often used interchangeably in the United States, with ''trolley'' being the preferred term in the eastern US and ''streetcar'' in the western US. ''Streetcar'' or ''tramway'' are preferred in Canada. In parts of the United States, internally powered buses made to resemble a streetcar are often referred to as "trolleys". To avoid further confusion with trolley buses, the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) refers to them as "trolley-replica buses". In the Unit ...
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