International Railways of Central America

International Railways of Central America
IndustryRail transport
Founded1904
FounderMinor Cooper Keith
Defunct1974
FateNationalized and merged
SuccessorFEGUA
FENADESAL
DivisionsGuatemala
El Salvador

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. 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.

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