Trenes Especiales Argentinos (TEA) was a private railway company in Argentina that operated trains from Buenos Aires to the city of Posadas in the Mesopotamia region.
History
With the railway privatisation of the entire rail network carried out by Carlos Menem's administration in early 1990s, long-distance passenger services in Argentina had been closed by the National Government in 1993, leaving most of the Province without train services. In 2003, a concession was granted to private company "Trenes Especiales Argentinos" to operate services from Federico Lacroze terminus in Buenos Aires to the city of Posadas in Misiones Province on the border with Paraguay.
The company put into operation a train (mostly known as El Gran Capitán - The Great Captain) powered by EMD G22 and General Electric U13 diesel locomotives with coaches that included first class and pullman classes.
Some stops along the way were Zárate in Buenos Aires Province, Basavilbaso and Villaguay