Tabaré is still floating, but not operating, at the old south docks of Buenos Aires port, near the Puerto Madero zone. It was the largest train ferry that operated in Argentina, with a deck more than 100 meters long. The ninth ferry, Tabare, was built in Argentina by Astarsa (ASTilleros ARgentinos S.A.) in 1966 at Astillero Río Santiago Río Santiago Shipyard near to La Plata city. Ltd., in Pointhouse, Glasgow, Scotland, for the Entre Rios Railways Co. All the eight old ferries were built by the A & J Inglis Co. The two northern paddle ferries still remain at Posadas, and one of them holds a model railway museum inside. Two of the most modern still serve as floating piers in the Zárate region, and one of the first group was sunk during a storm at the Buenos Aires port in the 1980s. 145 of the Paraná River, and it sank in less than 15 minutes on June 30, 1926. María Parera had a collision with Lucía Carbó at km. Three other train ferries were added later: Dolores de Urquiza (1926), Delfina Mitre (1928) and Carmen Avellaneda (1929) to cover the service in the Zárate-Ibicuy crossing.
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