In the construction of Sant Feliu train had to be taken into account many factors to consider in order to complete the work.
The construction company designated to perform the work, Lluís Garavetti of Barcelona began to have problems from the start with the expropriation of the land affected and the lack of insfrastructure and organizational capacity of the same company, it was determined by the cessation of work on the bridge over the river Ridaura twice for not having adequate means for pumping water into the foundation holes.
The organizational ability was questioned because of the constant fluctuations in recruitment, failing to provide a number of regular workers for various jobs on the line. That is worse when they start to produce the first accident, one death in the person of Miquel Maimí of Llambilles.
This latest incident crosses the Ludovico Garavetti Gianna contract, but eventually the company terminates the contract in 1890.
The day of the opening of the line had been spent 3,141,860 pesetas. in the 175 engineering structures (bridges, culverts, and -7 steps lower and 6 upper and 131 level crossings, of which 3 were kept in chains, 6 oscillating barriers sliding barriers and 2).
The stations were divided into several more categories, so the first two of Sant Feliu de Guixols and Gerona were first class (the second always had temporary buildings), seasons were the second class of Cassa de la Selva and Llagostera, those of third category (Quart, Santa Cristina d'Aro and Castell) and halts Llambilles like the Font Picant, la Creueta and also the boxes of level crossings were kept the same standardized aspect of all stations on the line. In principle all have the same constructive and differences by the size and placements of the stations depending on the functionality of it.
In all the years of operating the train from Sant Feliu only reached 3500 meters evil acquire new lane between 1924 and 1963. This significant wear dew behaved the way that came to be 13 kg / m in places. Especially in curves, where the road crews changed lanes only to replace worn-lane secondary roads from stations, while these lanes back to the place where they dried each other.
This became a serious concern especially after the arrival of locomotives 11 and 12, which "opened up" corners so that sometimes the locomotives that circulated after one of them derailed. This was most evident in the age of 50. Led to the pre sale of two locomotives an industrial railway of Mieres.
There were two major developments have been concentrated on two bridges on the line, one was due to a sharp slide flood that made the central sections of the river peunte Ridaura, prompting his replacement in 1913 by a second bridge had no pillar in the course of river.
In both black and white photos from the fund can be checked Jordi Ros collection of material in Castell d'Aro and the state on the original Ridaura bridge in 1913.
The formal reality in the end was that despite the desire to have a railroad has always been imbued with the people and in the region, but economic data began to be alarming from the 30s, which did not threaten the use rail due to the good work of some employees of the company that they struggled to take full advantage of all the material.
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