fbpx
Wikipedia

Fábrica Argentina de Locomotoras

Fábrica Argentina de Locomotoras (mostly known for its acronym FAdeL) was an Argentine manufacturer of rail vehicles which came about as a result of President Juan Perón's first five-year plan, which sought to expand national industries to reduce imports from foreign countries.[1] It is best known for producing the Justicialista diesel-electric locomotive.

Fábrica Argentina de Locomotoras
A Justicialista diesel locomotive at
a level crossing, 1952.
Company typeState-owned company
IndustryTransport
Founded1 May 1952
DefunctSeptember 16, 1955; 68 years ago (1955-09-16)
Key people
Pedro Sacaggio
ProductsLocomotives, Diesel multiple units
Number of employees
100+

History edit

 
Workers with the "Presidente Perón" diesel multiple unit outside the FAdeL workshop in Liniers (1954)

The first diesel locomotive had been designed by Argentine engineer Pedro Sacaggio in 1933. The company began with buying engines from Fiat Ferroviaria and Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico in Italy and aimed to manufacture around 600 locomotives. FAdeL's first and most renowned vehicle was a diesel locomotive featured in 1951 by then-president Juan Perón and Saccaggio and nicknamed Justicialista. The first model launched was catalogued as "CM1".[2] On May 1, 1952, FAdeL was officially established by Resolution n° 79 from the Ministry of Transport.[2] The company's first factory in Liniers employed over one hundred people and was located in the workshops of the Sarmiento Railway.

The Justicialista (also the first diesel locomotive produced in Argentina) made its debut on the General Roca Railway, serving on the ConstituciónMar del Plata line towing the Marplatense express during summer holidays of 1952. The journey took 3 hours and 45 minutes. This machine would also run to Bariloche (with a journey time of 22 hours 10 minutes) and Mendoza (11 hours 40 minutes) at an average speed of 145 km/h and remained active until the mid 1960s.

Although a second model, the CM2, named Argentina was launched by FAdeL as a successor of the CM1, the Revolución Libertadora which ousted Perón in September 1955 halted any further production. The company then ramped up production under the leadership of the Sacaggio and moved to the General San Martín Railway workshops in Mendoza Province.

After the coup, the plan to build the locomotives was forgotten and the factory closed. The original plans, preliminary studies and equipment for the locomotives was either lost or destroyed while the contents of the factory was sold for scrap.[3] However, the engines bought for the locomotives were used for Materfer's GAIA locomotives in the 1960s.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "Tecnología e innovación ferroviaria en la Argentina". Pagina/12. April 19, 2014.
  2. ^ a b . Universidad de Buenos Aires. October 19, 2011. Archived from the original on 2015-05-21.
  3. ^ "A 60 años de que Perón presentara la revolucionaria Locomotora Justicialista". América Latina En Movimiento. October 20, 2011.
  4. ^ "Las Locomotoras de Cometarsa". La Autentica Defensa.

fábrica, argentina, locomotoras, mostly, known, acronym, fadel, argentine, manufacturer, rail, vehicles, which, came, about, result, president, juan, perón, first, five, year, plan, which, sought, expand, national, industries, reduce, imports, from, foreign, c. Fabrica Argentina de Locomotoras mostly known for its acronym FAdeL was an Argentine manufacturer of rail vehicles which came about as a result of President Juan Peron s first five year plan which sought to expand national industries to reduce imports from foreign countries 1 It is best known for producing the Justicialista diesel electric locomotive Fabrica Argentina de LocomotorasA Justicialista diesel locomotive at a level crossing 1952 Company typeState owned companyIndustryTransportFounded1 May 1952DefunctSeptember 16 1955 68 years ago 1955 09 16 Key peoplePedro SacaggioProductsLocomotives Diesel multiple unitsNumber of employees100 History edit nbsp Workers with the Presidente Peron diesel multiple unit outside the FAdeL workshop in Liniers 1954 The first diesel locomotive had been designed by Argentine engineer Pedro Sacaggio in 1933 The company began with buying engines from Fiat Ferroviaria and Cantieri Riuniti dell Adriatico in Italy and aimed to manufacture around 600 locomotives FAdeL s first and most renowned vehicle was a diesel locomotive featured in 1951 by then president Juan Peron and Saccaggio and nicknamed Justicialista The first model launched was catalogued as CM1 2 On May 1 1952 FAdeL was officially established by Resolution n 79 from the Ministry of Transport 2 The company s first factory in Liniers employed over one hundred people and was located in the workshops of the Sarmiento Railway The Justicialista also the first diesel locomotive produced in Argentina made its debut on the General Roca Railway serving on the Constitucion Mar del Plata line towing the Marplatense express during summer holidays of 1952 The journey took 3 hours and 45 minutes This machine would also run to Bariloche with a journey time of 22 hours 10 minutes and Mendoza 11 hours 40 minutes at an average speed of 145 km h and remained active until the mid 1960s Although a second model the CM2 named Argentina was launched by FAdeL as a successor of the CM1 the Revolucion Libertadora which ousted Peron in September 1955 halted any further production The company then ramped up production under the leadership of the Sacaggio and moved to the General San Martin Railway workshops in Mendoza Province After the coup the plan to build the locomotives was forgotten and the factory closed The original plans preliminary studies and equipment for the locomotives was either lost or destroyed while the contents of the factory was sold for scrap 3 However the engines bought for the locomotives were used for Materfer s GAIA locomotives in the 1960s 4 References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fabrica Argentina de Locomotoras Tecnologia e innovacion ferroviaria en la Argentina Pagina 12 April 19 2014 a b A 60 anos de las locomotoras de Peron que se anticiparon a EE UU Universidad de Buenos Aires October 19 2011 Archived from the original on 2015 05 21 A 60 anos de que Peron presentara la revolucionaria Locomotora Justicialista America Latina En Movimiento October 20 2011 Las Locomotoras de Cometarsa La Autentica Defensa Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fabrica Argentina de Locomotoras amp oldid 1091212055, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

article

, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games.