Viejo Expreso Patagónico

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Viejo Expreso Patagónico

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La Trochita, (El Viejo Expreso Patagónico), in English known as the Old Patagonian Express, is a 750 mm narrow gauge railway in Patagonia, Argentina using steam locomotives. The nickname La Trochita means literally "The Little Narrow Gauge" in Spanish. It is 402 km in length and runs through the foothills of the Andes between Esquel and El Maiten in Chubut Province and Ingeniero Jacobacci in Río Negro Province, originally it was part of Ferrocarriles Patagónicos, a network of railways in southern Argentina. Nowadays, with its original character largely unchanged, it operates as a heritage railway and was made internationally famous by the 1978 Paul Theroux book The Old Patagonian Express, which described it as the railway almost at the end of the world.

Viejo Expreso Patagónico

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see PiP's for variants....... La Trochita, (El Viejo Expreso Patagónico), in English known as the Old Patagonian Express, is a 750 mm narrow gauge railway in Patagonia, Argentina using steam locomotives. The nickname La Trochita means literally "The Little Narrow Gauge" in Spanish. It is 402 km in length and runs through the foothills of the Andes between Esquel and El Maiten in Chubut Province and Ingeniero Jacobacci in Río Negro Province, originally it was part of Ferrocarriles Patagónicos, a network of railways in southern Argentina. Nowadays, with its original character largely unchanged, it operates as a heritage railway and was made internationally famous by the 1978 Paul Theroux book The Old Patagonian Express, which described it as the railway almost at the end of the world. read details at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Trochita http://www.latrochita.org.ar

La Trochita

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out of the current series: La Trochita (official name: Viejo Expreso Patagónico), in English known as the Old Patagonian Express, is a 750 mm narrow gauge railway in Patagonia, Argentina using steam locomotives. The nickname La Trochita means literally "little gauge". The Trochita railway is 402 km in length and runs through the foothills of the Andes between Esquel and El Maitén in Chubut Province and Ingeniero Jacobacci in Río Negro Province, originally it was part of Ferrocarriles Patagónicos, a network of railways in southern Argentina. Nowadays, with its original character largely unchanged, it operates as a heritage railway and was made internationally famous by the 1978 Paul Theroux book The Old Patagonian Express, which described it as the railway almost at the end of the world. Trains began to run on the completed parts of the line in 1935. Some other photos of this locomotive www.ipernity.com/tag/berny/keyword/538467

La_Trochita

The Old Patagonian Express

El Tren del Fin del Mundo

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Ferrocaril Austral Fueguino

El Tren del Fin del Mundo

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The Ferrocarril Austral Fueguino (FCAF) or El Tren del Fin del Mundo is a 500 mm (19 3⁄4 in) gauge steam railway in Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina. It was originally built as a freight line to serve the prison of Ushuaia, specifically to transport timber. It now operates as a heritage railway into the Tierra del Fuego National Park and is considered the southernmost functioning railway in the world.

The Three Sisters

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Museum Strasshof......or are they brothers?

Trains and locomotives

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Museum Strasshof - better view in large

Museum Strasshof - End

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better view in large - no HDR.......

Autumn Locomotive

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Museum Strasshof

Yugoslavian Steam Locomotive

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Museum Strasshof

Sleeping blue beauty

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Museum Strasshof

Red

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Museum Strasshof

With Respect

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Museum Strasshof, the strongest steam locomotive ever built in Austria (1936) with over 3000 hp.....

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