Train and car mileage

SPREADSHEET FILE "TRENES"

Locomotive, train and car mileage on Argentine railways, 1892 to 1952 and by class of service. There are 28 sheets:

Sheet	Title	Datum	Remarks
A	Pasajeros	Passenger train-kms. in all services: steam, electric,and railcar
B	Eéctrico	Electric passenger train-kms.	Includes mobile power-houses of the B.A.G.S.R.
C	Coche motor	Passenger train-kms. run by railcars	May include steam rail cars of the B.A.G.S.R., A.G.W.R. and Entre Rios Ry.
D	Vapor	Passenger train-kms. hauled by steam engines	Includes trains pulled by Diesel engines on the B.A.G.S.R.
E	Mixtos	Mixed train-kms.	The definitions of passenger and mixed trains varied
F	Carga	Goods train-kms.	Includes cattle trains
G	Especiales Pas	Special passenger train-kms.	For example trains to cattle auctions and additional trains for tourists in peak season
H	Especiales Carga	Special goods train-kms.	For example in harvest season or for evacuation of cattle from a drought area
I	Vacíos	Empty train-kms.	Of both empty wagons and empty carriages from depot to terminal.
J	Balasto	Ballast train-kms.	Data until 1896. Included in company service since 1897.
K	Trenes	Total train-kms.	These are train-kms. with locomotives and with electric or Diesel cars.
L	Suplementario	Kms. run by locomotives in supplementary services	Double- and dead-heading, or with only an empty van for service of the traffic
M	Maniobras	Kms. run by locomotives in shunting services	Hours in shunting converted to kms. at the rate of 6 or 10 km. per hour.
N	Interno	Kms. run by locomotives in company service	for inspection, break-down, ballast, pay-master, etc.
O	O	Kms. run by own locomotives on other lines or on lines in construction	Includes State Railway engines in reserve and under steam.
P	Total Locs.	Total kms. run by own locomotives	Includes electric and Diesel-powered carriages
Q	Coches	Axle-kms. of passenger cars in all services: steam, electric, and railcar	Are of own and foreign carriages on own lines. Q = R + V
R	Pas	Axle-kms. of passenger cars in passenger trains	R = S + T + U
S	Electr	Axle-kms. of passenger cars in electric passenger trains	Includes those powered by mobile power-houses of the B.A.G.S.R.
T	Coche Diesel	Axle-kms. of railcars and railcar trailers	May include steam rail cars of the B.A.G.S.R., A.G.W.R. and Entre Rios Ry.
U	A vapor	Axle-kms. of carriages in steam or Diesel passenger trains	Foreign cars are a large part of the total in the North-Eastern, Entre Rios and Central of B.A. Rys. sinde 1908 and on the line to Nahuel Huapí since 1931
V	En mixtos	Axle-kms. of carriages in mixed trains
W	Furgones	Axle-kms. of own and foreign vans on own lines	W = X + Y
X	X	Axle-kms. of vans in passenger trains	Foreign vans are a large part of the total in the North-Eastern, Entre Rios and Central of B.A. Rys. since 1908
Y	Y	Axle-kms. of vans in mixed trains
Z	F Carga	Axle-kms. of vans in goods trains	Mostly brake-vans at the tail-end of the train
AA	Vagones	Axle-kms. of own and foreign goods and cattle wagons on own lines	Foreign wagons are a large part of the total in the Compañía General, the North-Eastern, Entre Rios and Central of B.A. Rys. since 1908 and on the line to Nahuel Huapí since 1931
AB	Hacienda	Axle-kms. of own cattle wagons on own lines	included in AA
AC	Cargados	Axle-kms. of loaded goods wagons	AA - AC = axle-km.s of empty goods and cattle wagons
AD	Regularidad 1938	Trains run, arriving late, and percentages in 1938	Source: Ministry of Public Works
AE	Notas	Carriages, vans and wagons could have 2, 3, 4 and 6 axles. Therefore, the axle-kms. are a more homogeneous measure of vehicle running than the car-miles used in other countries.
		The published data on axle-kms. of own carriages, vans and wagons on other lines and lines in construction are inconsistent with the data on axle-kms. of foreign vehicles on own lines. The difference is not explained by haulage of private cars. Such private cars did not exist as they were prohibited. It may be supposed that the number of axles in a train was simply more evident than the ownership of the vehicles in the train.
		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.