The
International Railways of Central America
(
IRCA
) (
Spanish
:
FFCC Internacionales de Centro America
,
FICA
)
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]
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2
]
was a U.S. based company founded by
Minor C. Keith
and
incorporated
in
New Jersey
in 1904 which operated a large network of
3 ft (914 mm)
narrow gauge
railways
in
Guatemala
and
El Salvador
, it became a
subsidiary
of the
United Fruit company
in 1936. The IRCA's Guatemalan division was
nationalized
in 1968, becoming the
Ferrocarriles de Guatemala
(FEGUA), and the El Salvadorian division was
merged
with the
Ferrocarril de El Salvador
(FES) to form the
Ferrocarriles Nacionales de El Salvador
(FENADESAL) in 1975.