The president of Radio and Television Argentina (RTA), Rosario Lufrano, and the president of Trenes Argentinos Capital Humano, Damián Contreras, signed an agreement to promote and disseminate cultural and educational activities in the formations run by the company that reports to the Ministry of Transport of the Nation, as well as making visible and promoting the historical heritage through the different means of communication and dissemination of the National State.
During the signing of the agreement, which took place on Public Television, Lufrano stressed that “we had been working with the Railway Museum so that Radio and Television Argentina had a car to be able to show our history, both of the Channel and of Radio Nacional, and to be able to the route that this train makes through different places and that in the stations the inhabitants can visit the cars with their different themes”.
The wagon that RTA will have in the Itinerant Museum Train will be specially set with images “and very specific elements that will be very symbolic of what Public TV and National Radio mean, so that the inhabitants of different parts of the country can make contact with their history,” added Lufrano.
For his part, Contreras pointed out that “we are proud to work together with Radio and Television Argentina, which enriches the proposal of the Traveling Museum Train. We hope, with the constant support of the Ministry of Transport, to continue bringing the history of our railways to new destinations in our vast national territory”.
The vice-president of RTA, Osvaldo Santoro, and the Patrimonial Preservation manager of Trenes Argentinos Capital Humano, Martín Costa, also participated in the act of signing the agreement.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TRAVELING MUSEUM TRAIN
Almost a year after its first stop in the city of Junín, the Traveling Museum Train has covered more than three thousand kilometers of tracks in 24 destinations in the provinces of Buenos Aires and La Pampa, where more than 100 thousand people enjoyed this trip by the splendor of different historical periods of our railways.
Before their first outing, the cars that make up this rolling museum underwent an exhaustive comprehensive restoration process at the “Ministro Mario Meoni” Junín Workshop, which also operates within the orbit of the state railway company.
Among them, the Presidential car that was used by John Paul II, the Lounge Bar car and the Cinema car stand out. Also noteworthy is the CT 1517 MATERFER car, where the most outstanding pieces from the National Railway Museum collection are exhibited.
Other attractions that complement the visit to the train are the exhibitions in charge of the Mint and the Government of the Province of Buenos Aires, through the Cultural Institute and the Ministry of Production, Science and Technological Innovation. The cars assigned to these organizations contain playful and interactive activities specially designed for the entertainment of girls and boys. Radio y Televisión Argentina is now joining this group with a cultural proposal designed for the whole family.
The announcement of the new destinations of the train is expected for the next few days, which will seek to continue expanding its reach to the other provinces of the national territory.
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