page_title: Buenos Aires Midland Railway
section_title: Background
hierarchical_section_title: Buenos Aires Midland Railway / History / Background
caption_attribution_description: English: Buenos Aires Midland Railway's workshops in Libertad station. Español: Talleres del Ferrocarril Midland en la estación Libertad.
context_page_description: The Buenos Aires Midland Railway was a British-owned railway company which operated in Argentina, where it was known as Ferrocarril Midland de Buenos Aires. The company built and operated the 1,000 mm gauge line between Puente Alsina and Carhué in Buenos Aires Province.
  In 1948, the railways of Argentina were nationalised, the BAM becoming part of Belgrano Sur Line; the company closed as a result. Today services on the line are operated by the state-owned company Trenes Argentinos, the concessionary of Puente Alsina-Marinos del Crucero General Belgrano branch.
context_section_description: In 1904, the Buenos Aires Province granted entrepreneur Enrique Lavalle a concession to build a metre gauge railway line between Puente Alsina and Carhué. The company and line were named "Buenos Aires Midland Railway", so the Lacroze Brothers registered the Spanish form "Ferrocarril Central de Buenos Aires". Works were led by ideologue Eduardo Casey, who had founded the city of Venado Tuerto some time before.
caption: Workshops at Libertad, Buenos Aires Province, 1926.
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