Abandoned trains -- Chile (and beyond)

[Russ Matthews]

I saw this photo online (posted by "edgardo") of abandoned trains near Baquedano, Chile. I thought it was kind of cool looking and couldn't help wishing that they were abandoned PLANES instead. Apparently, Basquedano is in the Atacama desert, meaning that it is not only remote, but also one of the driest places on earth (which has to be good for preservation).

Last edited by Russ Matthews on Thu Sep 11, 2008 12:09 am, edited 2 times in total.

[bdk]

Looks like steam trains operated at least into the late 1990s in Chile.

Attributed to Marcelo Madariaga in 1998...

Diciembre de 1998, estación de Baquedano en la Segunda Región

http://www.trenesdechile.cl/vapor.html

Thanks for posting, that's really cool!

[hang the expense]

Trains,my other affliction

[n5151ts]

this does not compute.....

[shoki]

Gee thanks I come here to get away from trains.

[Enemy Ace]

So tom when is roll call for the recovery expedition? Just paint "southern railway" on the side....

[CAPFlyer]

My thoughts exactly. Same gauge and everything. Only trick is finding a barge to get it to Lorenzo Cardenas and then up the KCSM and KCS into Dallas.

[Cripes A Mighty]

So tom when is roll call for the recovery expedition? Just paint "southern railway" on the side....

See now we can flame this sucker out. No way we are painting them Southern. They will be painted in ATSF !

I say we save that roundhouse too.

*oh wait a second........this isnt Railpictures! Yeah I love my trains too yall, CAP you ever railfan around here?

[CAPFlyer]

Kinda hard not to occasionally when you work for one (a railroad).

My RRPictureArchives.net Site

[Jack Cook]

So paint Great Northern on them like the ones my great uncle Charlie ran.

[Dan K]

C, M, St.P, & P

[HELLDIVERS]

Union Pacific

[gilt]

PRR, "The Standard of the World"

[Obergrafeter]

I G&N

[old iron]

Bangor & Aroostook

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