page_title: Central Argentine Railway
section_title: Origins
hierarchical_section_title: Central Argentine Railway / History / Origins
caption_attribution_description: English: A steam train in Belgrano R station of Central Argentine Railway, before the line was electrified.
context_page_description: The Central Argentine Railway was one of the Big Four broad gauge, 5 ft 6 in British companies that built and operated railway networks in Argentina. The company had been established in the 19th century, to serve the provinces of Santa Fe and Córdoba, in the east-central region of the country, although it would later extend its operations to Buenos Aires, Tucumán and Santiago del Estero.
context_section_description: On 5 September 1854, American engineer Alan Campbell proposed to then President of Argentine Confederation, Justo José de Urquiza, to make a study for a possible railway line between cities of Rosario and Córdoba.
  In November 1855 the report (written entirely in English) was presented in Rosario. Campbell had been the engineer in the New York-Harlem railway line and been hired by William Wheelwright to make a study for the Copiapó–Caldera line project in Chile.
  The costs estimated by Campbell in the report, were the following:
  The distance estimated was 396 km and the costs were in Argentine pesos (GBP 1 = $5). The study revealed a cost of GBP 4,000 per mile built. A decree promulgated in April granted the company "the lands to build roads, docks, stations and stops, that will be given to the company in perpetuity and free of lines."
caption: A train stopped at Belgrano R station, prior the line was electrified.
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