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Russ Matthews
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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).

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

Attributed to Marcelo Madariaga in 1998...

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Diciembre de 1998, estación de Baquedano en la Segunda Región


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Thanks for posting, that's really cool!
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P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammer.

S: Took hammer away from midget.
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Gee thanks I come here to get away from trains.
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So tom when is roll call for the recovery expedition? Just paint "southern railway" on the side....

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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. :)
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Enemy Ace wrote:
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 ! :lol: :lol:

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

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

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