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:''This article is part of the history of rail transport by country series'' In 1856 started the studies to make the first railroad of the country that would go from Asunción to Paraguarí. With the concession of the company to English hands the railroad extended to Encarnación. ==The train in America== The beginnings of the train in America were in 1831 when, in the small town of Albania, United States appeared the steam train. On August 9 of the same year, with the still primitive machine called “Bull” imported from England, was made the first journey of this locomotive that carried three small wagons with capacity for only 6 passengers each. It was 36 years after, on October 23, 1867 that was inaugurated the train that went from San Francisco to New York, known with the name of “Union Pacific Road”. Later on, Cuba was the second country of this continent to have a train. In 1834 started the construction of a railroad that would communicate La Habana with Guinness (Unión), it covered 88 miles and was opened 4 years later, in 1838. The third country to have one was British Guyana (Georgetown-Plaisance 1848), then Peru (Lima-Callao 1851) then Chile, with a railroad that went from Caldera to Copiapó (1851). The construction was directed by the North-American Engineer William Wheelwright; this was followed by Brazil (Praia de Estrela-Fragoso in 1952). In Argentina, the first train was inaugurated on August 30, 1857. It extended from Buenos Aires to Moreno. On February 22, 1862 started the work to build a railroad that would go from Buenos Aires to Ensenada, and the person in charge was once again the Engineer Wheelwright. The same Wheelwright directed the construction of the Argentine Central Train, used to communicate Rosario with Córdoba that started on April 20, 1863. In Paraguay the intentions to have a train manifested in 1856, but only 5 years later was possible to have one working. On June 14, 1861 was made the first journey from the station to the port of Asunción, so it could be said that the train in Paraguay was one of the first to function in South America. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「History of rail transport in Paraguay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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