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| A works photo (note the multigauge track). In service the original livery was dark green with a white side stripe ending in a
V on the cab front combined with a silver roof, red buffer beams and a black
underframe. |
A total 21 of these metre gauge 72 ton locos, powered by an inline 8-cylinder four-stroke engine rated at 1,000 bhp, were built by English Electric's Vulcan plant. The first five were numbered D.E 31 to 35 by Ferrocarril de la Provincia de Buenos Aires and later became collectively known as Class D.E. 623 when the locomotives' ownership was transferred to Ferrocarril General Belgrano.
"Las Inglesitas" (the English Girls) replaced steam on services between Avellaneda and La Plata in Buenos Aires province.
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