A cigarette card featuring one of three 1,700 hp Armstrong Whitworth locos for the Buenos Aires Great Southern between Buenos Aires and San Vincente. Each was powered by two eight cylinder in-line four-stroke type 8LV34 engines, each producing 850 hp at 550 rpm, with 8 x 134 hp traction motors, tractive effort 38,000 lb (169 kN), weight in working order 133 tons. Numbered UE 3,4 & 5 they were used to haul eight passenger coaches.
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