The International Railways of Central America, known in Spanish as FFCC Internacionales de Centro America, was an American company incorporated in New Jersey in 1904 by Minor Cooper Keith to build and run narrow-gauge railways, three feet wide, across Guatemala and El Salvador; by 1929 its network exceeded 800 miles. United Fruit gained control of the company in 1936, and it was dissolved in 1974 after Guatemala's line was nationalized in 1968 as Ferrocarriles de Guatemala and El Salvador's operations were merged in 1975 into Ferrocarriles Nacionales de El Salvador. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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The International Railways of Central America (IRCA) (Spanish: FFCC Internacionales de Centro America, FICA) 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.
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