Railway Workshops -AFE- in Peñarol Neighborhood
Visit and historical overview of the facilities of the Old Railway Workshops in the Peñarol neighborhood, originally belonging to the Central Uruguay Railway (CUR) and later to the State Railways Administration (AFE).
Due to the decline in the importance of the railway for freight and passenger transport in recent decades, much of this facility is now disused and forgotten.
However, some areas are still operational and functioning as railway workshops.
We also visited and learned about the work of the Uruguayan Railway Studies Circle (CEFU), which has been loaned several locomotives and railcars from different historical periods by AFE. CEFU conserves and restores these locomotives and railcars for heritage activities and outreach.
Part of the FORGOTTEN PLACES URUGUAY SERIES, Episode No. 7
CREDITS
DIRECTED BY: Leonardo Chouciño
ASSISTANTS: Martin Chávez, Ximena Mata, Noelia Chouciño
THANKS TO:
STATE RAILWAY ADMINISTRATION (AFE):
-AFE Vice President: Dr. Gustavo Osta
-AFE Press: Jhoanna Albin
-Mr. Atilio Rodriguez
URUGUAYAN RAILWAY STUDIES CIRCLE (CEFU):
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-Board: Juan Rocca, Juan Piccion, Antonio Katelinas, Jorge Camino, Daniel Garcia
-Interviewees: Nicolás Noseda, Juan Piccion, Daniel Garcia, Jorge Camino.
PERSONAL SELF
HISTORICAL INFORMATION:
AFE, CEFU
History of the Peñarol Workshops and Remittance - Fabián Iglesias - Uruguayan Transport Archive
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HISTORICAL IMAGES
National Archive of Image and Word - SODRE
-Director: Melisa Esposito
-Sofia Oña
-Inés Leguisamo
National Library of Uruguay - Special Materials Room
Montevideo Photography Center
General Archive of the Nation.
0:00 Introduction
0:27 History
3:27 Shipment
5:00 Facilities
6:33 Expansion
8:25 Printing Press
9:39 Sale to the State
10:24 AFE (Uruguayan State Railways Administration)
11:07 New Workshop
11:16 SELF (Self-Employed Railway)
12:40 Decline of the Railway
13:58 CEFU (Center for Railway Engineering)
14:23 Locomotive No. 19
15:44 No. 3
17:27 Brill 121
20:19 Hall 522
21:34 No. 1
22:57 Hall 509
24:03 Brill 104
25:30 Allan Halls
30:12 Credits
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