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Belgrano Cargas

Belgrano Cargas

Belgrano Cargas S.A. was an Argentinestate-owned company which operated the 10,841km (6,736mi)1,000mm (3ft3+3⁄8in) metre gauge gauge freight rail network built by Central Northern and Province of Santa Fe Railways, which became part of Belgrano Railway network after railway nationalization of 1948.

The network operated by Belgrano Cargas extended through the provinces of Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Córdoba, Mendoza, Santiago del Estero, San Juan, La Rioja, Catamarca, Tucumán, Chaco, Formosa, Salta and Jujuy. The line also reached all of Argentina's neighbouring countries, such as Bolivia, Uruguay, Brazil, Chile and Paraguay.

In more recent years, the name Belgrano Cargas is often erroneously used by the Argentine government and press to refer to the entirety of the country's freight network, and more specifically those parts operated by Belgrano Cargas y Logística. The name has stuck despite the freight network encompassing numerous other Argentine railways, of which the General Belgrano Railway is only one.