Goods wagons

SPREADSHEET FILE "VAGONES"

Stock, type and capacity of Argentine railway goods wagons, 1892 to 1952. There are 37 sheets:

Sheet	Title		Datum	Remarks
A	Existencia		End-year stock of goods wagons for public service	Includes special and company service wagons in 1892 and 1893.
B		Armados	Number of vans and wagons erected and placed in service	Data until 1928. Include vans erected. Differs from the change in stock by scrapping, by purchase and sale of wagons, and by transfers between public and company service.
C		vagones	Number of wagons erected and placed in service	Data since 1929. Differs from the change in stock by scrapping, by purchase and sale of wagons, and by transfers between public and company service.
D		Ejes	Number of axles of wagons in public service	Includes special and company service wagons in 1892 and 1893.
E		Peso Propio	Empty weight in metric tons of wagons in public service
F		Carga máxima	Capacity of wagons in metric tons
G		Cubiertos	Number of covered wagons (box cars) in public service	Can include tank cars and reefers unless these are shown separately
H		Frigoríficos	Number of reefer cars
I		Tanques	Number of tank cars in public service for transport of crude petroleum, gasoline, molasses, water, etc.	The number may vary by transfer between public and company or special service.
J		m cúbicos	Capacity of tank cars in cubic metres
K		Plataformas	Number of flat cars in public service	Include high-sided open wagons until 1895. The B.A.G.S.R. continued to include them with open wagons.
L		Cajones	Number of high-sided open wagons in public service	Data since 1896. Often includes B.A.G.S.R. platforms
M		Hacienda	Number of cattle cars
N		capacidad	Capacity of cattle cars in metric tons	The practice of the B.A.G.S.R., of counting only the weight of the cattle that fits rather than the weight theoretically supported by the material, was adopted in 1942/3.
O		Varios	Number of other special cars in public service	These are wagons for fruit, milk, fowl, motor-cars, etc.
P	Especiales		Number of special wagons and of wagons for company service	Data since 1894
Q		Carga máx	Capacity of the special and company service wagons	Data from 1939/40
R		Tara	Empty weight of special and company service wagons
S		N° ejes	Number of axles of special and company service wagons
T		Estanques	Number of tank cars in public and company service for transport of crude petroleum, gasoline, molasses, water, etc.	The number may vary by transfer between public and company or special service.
U		Axles	Number of axles of tank cars in public and company service.	Data until 1938/9
V		m³	Capacity of tank cars in cubic metres
W		Pescantes	Number of cranes
X		Ejes guinches	Number of axles of cranes	Data until 1938/9
Y		Depositos	Number of travelling gast tanks	Made obsolete by electric lighting.
Z		gas ejes	Number of axles of the gas tanks	Data until 1938/9
AA		gas m³	Capacity of gas tanks in cubic metres
AB		Auxilio	Number of break-down cars	Data only from 1894 to 1898
AC		AE	Number of axles of break-down cars
AD		Autovías	Number of track inspection cars with or without motor	Incomplete data from 1939/40 on
AE		Otros	Number of other special and company service wagons	These are break-down wagons, ballast wagons, etc.
AF		AH	Number of axles of the other special and company service wagons.
AG	Detalle 1940		Details about State Railways wagons in 1940
AH	Detalle 1895		Description of wagons in stock in 1895
AI	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.