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Ferrocarriles Argentino

GA8 EMD 8-567CR engine. 6.3:1 gearing. 2 traction motors underslung frame driving cardan shafts and helical gears on the trucks. Trucks are modified freight car sets.
5551-5565 EMD built 1962

FA 5559 GA8 800 hp B-B. Photos by Horacio Maspero. These are the only broad gauge GA8's built. All locomotives were dispersed to BAP or FEPSA.