The CMM 400-2 is a

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produced by

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. The units are produced in

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's three primary track gauges and the

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variants were the first to be produced for

General Urquiza Railway The General Urquiza Railway (FCGU) (in Spanish: Ferrocarril General Urquiza), named after the Argentine general and politician Justo José de Urquiza, is a standard gauge railway of Argentina which runs approximately northwards from Buenos Aire ...

services in

Entre Ríos Province Entre Ríos (, "Between Rivers") is a central province of Argentina, located in the Mesopotamia region. It borders the provinces of Buenos Aires (south), Corrientes (north) and Santa Fe (west), and Uruguay in the east. Its capital is Paraná ( ...

Overview

The DMUs come in 1000mm, 1435mm and 1676mm track gauges, and can thus be used on any part of

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with the exception of a few tourist services. Most components are built in

, with the exception of a few such as its German

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brakes and Swedish

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engines. The possibility of upgrading the Scania engines to more powerful

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engines on all future and existing rolling stock is being considered. Some of the passenger comforts in the cars include; air conditioning, pneumatic suspension, reclining seats and

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lighting. Each car has a capacity for 70 seated passengers and each trainset has a conductor's cabin on each side.Nuevo servicio diferencial entre Victoria y Capilla del Señor con formaciones 0 km
- SOFSE, 13 April 2015.

Usage

The units can be found on a variety of different urban and inter-urban services in Argentina. The first trainsets were sent to

for inter-urban services on the

's Paraná -

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line. The units on the

General Roca Railway The General Roca Railway (FCGR) (native name: Ferrocarril General Roca) is a broad gauge railway in Argentina which runs from Constitución station in Buenos Aires to the south of the country through the provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa, ...

are used for inter-urban services between

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and

La Pampa La Pampa () is a sparsely populated province of Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it ...

provinces. CMM 400-2 trainsets on the

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were used for its diesel branch between

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and

Capilla del Señor Capilla del Señor (Chapel of the Lord), is a city located in the northern part of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the administrative seat of Exaltación de la Cruz Partido; which is bounded by the Zárate, Campana, Pilar, Luján, San ...

. These units had serious problems when they were incorporated into this branch since the tracks had not been replaced beforehand and the poor condition of the tracks led to mechanical failures. Therefore, the CMM 400-2 units were reassigned for them to been used for the

Tren del Valle Tren del Valle is a commuter rail service that connects cities of Plottier, Neuquén and Cipolletti, in the Río Negro and Neuquén Provinces of Argentina, running on Roca Railway tracks. In a second stage, the line would be extended to Genera ...

, which became the most successful train branch in the country since it opens in 2015.Randazzo anunció que el tren del valle entre Cipolletti y Neuquén comenzará a funcionar el 20 de julio
- Telam, 2 June 2015. In 2015 the first narrow gauge units began to arrive in

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to begin operating on a

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branch whose tracks were completely replaced in order to run freight and passenger services along the entire width of the province. Their bodywork has a slightly different appearance to the standard and broad gauge units found on other lines.LLEGÓ AL CHACO EL PRIMER TREN DE PASAJEROS CERO KILÓMETRO
- 365 Periodismo, 8 June 2015.

References

External links

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