SPREADSHEET FILE "TRAFICO"
Passenger, goods, and other traffic of Argentine railways, 1892 to 1952. There are 74 sheets:
Sheet | Title | Datum | Remarks |
A | Pasajeros | ||
B | Recibidos | ||
C | Transportados | Passengers carried | includes passengers in transit and interchanged |
D | En 1a | Passengers carried in 1st. class | |
E | En 2a | Passengers carried in 2nd. class | includes single class |
F | Pas km | Passenger-kms. carried | Estimates based on sampling |
G | G | Passenger-kms. carried in 1st. class | |
H | H | Passenger-kms. carried in 2nd. class | |
I | Ida | One-way tickets issued | |
J | y vuelta | Number of trips on and excursion tickets | |
K | Abonos | Annual number of season-tickets | |
L | Viajes | Trips represented by season-tickets | |
M | por mes | Monthly average number of trips by a season-ticket holder | |
N | 1a | Average kms. travelled by a 1st. class passenger | Estimates based on sampling |
O | 2a | Average kms. travelled by a 2nd. class passenger | |
P | Recorrido | Average kms. travelled by all passengers | |
Q | Camas | Beds allocated | to 1st. class passengers only |
R | Pases libres | Free passes issued | Incomplete reporting by railways |
S | Equipaje | Excess baggage carried, in metric tons | It is baggage in excess of the 50 kg. allowance carried free of charge |
T | T | Ton-kms. of excess baggage carried | Estimates based on sampling or on the average trip-length of a passenger |
U | Rec medio | Average length of haul of excess baggage | |
V | Telegramas | Telegrams of the public sent by the railway | Use of the railway telegraph was forbidden in localities served by the Post Office |
W | Encomiendas | Parcels carried, in metric tons | |
X | X | Ton-kms. of parcels carried | Estimates based on sampling or on the average length of haul of goods |
Y | Dist media | Average length of haul of parcels | |
Z | Carga | Goods and livestock carried, in metric tons | This is goods and cattle of the public, of the company, and of government, in local traffic, in transit, or interchanged |
AA | Ton Km | Ton-kms. of goods and cattle carried | Estimates based on year-round way-bill samples (by the B.A.W.R. on all way-bills in the month of March) |
AB | Km por Ton | Average length of haul of a ton of goods or livestock | |
AC | Despachada | Goods and livestock originating, in metric tons | |
AD | Recibida | Goods and cattle terminating, in metric tons | |
AE | Tránsito | Goods and livestock in transit, in metric tons | Goods neither originating nor terminating at stations of the carrier |
AF | Común | Goods and livestock interchanged, in metric tons | Goods originating or terminating at stations of another railway |
AG | Local | Goods and livestock in local traffic, in metric tons | Goods terminating at stations of the originating railway |
AH | Servicio | Service traffic, in metric tons | Goods for use by the carrier (fuel, materials, etc.). May include goods on capital account and government traffic unless shown separately. |
AI | Cuenta Capital | Goods carried on capital account | Goods used for new construction by the carrier. Occasional data. |
AJ | Gobierno | Government goods carried | Goods owned by Government and carried at half-tariff. Occasional data. |
DETAIL OF GOODS ORIGINATING | |||
AK | Porcinos | Swine | |
AL | Ovinos | Sheep | includes goats |
AM | Equinos | Horses | |
AN | Vacunos | Bovines | |
AO | Ganado | Weight of the livestock originating | Counting swine as 100 kgs., sheep as 50 kgs., horses as 400 kgs. and bovines as 500 kgs. per head. |
AP | Trigo | Wheat | |
AQ | Lino | Linseed | |
AR | Avena | Oats | |
AS | Cebada | Barley | |
AT | Centeno | Rye | |
AU | Maíz | Maize | |
AV | Cereales | Other cereals | Includes oats, barley and rye unless they are tabulated separately |
AW | Harina | Flour | |
AX | Afrecho | Bran | |
AY | Pasto | Hay and alfalfa | |
AZ | Cueros | Horse and cow hides | |
BA | Lanares | Sheep and goat hides | |
BB | Lana | Wool | |
BC | Huesos | Bones and horns | |
BD | Cerda | Bristle and hair | |
BE | Grasa | Grease and tallow | |
BF | Algodón | Cotton | |
BG | Arroz | Rice | |
BH | Maní | Ground-nuts | |
BI | Uva | Grapes and other fresh fruit | May include vegetables |
BJ | Naranjas | Oranges and tangerines | |
BK | Ajos | Garlic and onions | |
BL | Papas | Potatoes | May include legumes |
BM | Tabaco | Tobacco | |
BN | Yerba | Paraguayan tea | |
BO | Caña | Sugar cane | |
BP | Piedra | Stone | May include limestone |
BQ | caliza | Limestone | |
BR | Cal | Lime | May include limestone |
BS | Arena | Sand | |
BT | Ladrillos | Bricks | May include sand |
BU | Cemento | Plaster and portland cement | |
BV | Azúcar | Sugar | |
BW | Vino | Wine | May include alcohol |
BX | Cerveza | Beer | |
BY | Alcohol | Alcohols | |
BZ | Leña | Firewood | |
CA | Maderas | Lumber, logs, sleepers, posts and sawdust | On the B.A.W.R. it is fence posts only |
CB | Tanino | Quebracho extract | |
CC | Carbon de leña | Charcoal | |
CD | de piedra | Mineral coal | |
CE | Nafta | Gasoline and kerosene | |
CF | Petróleo | Crude petroleum | May include petroleum products |
CG | Minerales | Minerals | May include crude petroleum |
CH | Agua | Water | |
CI | Sal | Salt and saltpeter | |
CJ | Papel | Paper | |
CK | Detalle | Detailed goods in per cent of the total | |
GOODS CARRIED BY TARIFF CLASS | |||
CL | Clase I | Class I | Incomplete data published from 1894 to 1927 that ceased to be published in 1928 |
CM | Clase II | Class II | |
CN | Clase III | Class III | |
CO | Clase IV | Class IV | |
CP | Clase V | Class V | |
CQ | Clase VI | Class VI | |
CR | Clase VII | Class VII | |
CS | Clase VIII | Class VIII | |
CT | Clase IX | Class IX | |
CU | Clase X | Class X | |
CV | Especiales | Special classes, service and miscellaneous | |
CW | Notas | Totals and sub-totals are only for those railways under the jurisdiction of the National Railways Board. Data for other railways are incomplete and included only in respect of companies that later came under that jurisdiction. |