Peru
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Perurail locomotive 353 doing shunting at the Ollantaytambo station.
Picture 29.3.2018 by Pekka Ihalainen.
Perurail locomotive 353 doing shunting at the Ollantaytambo station.The locomotives no. 350-360 are now 914 mm gauge, but they used to be normal
1435 mm gauge engines. They are of the type ALCo DL535B, built in 1963 for F.C del Sur del Peru, the Peru Southern railroads.
Picture from the Ollantaytambo station 29.3.2018 by Pekka Ihalainen.
A closeup picture of the same ALCo engine.
Picture from the Ollantaytambo station 29.3.2018 by Pekka Ihalainen.
Perurail's modern coaches.
Picture from the Ollantaytambo station 29.3.2018 by Pekka Ihalainen.
Perurail's modern coaches.
Picture from the Ollantaytambo station 29.3.2018 by Pekka Ihalainen.
Perurail serving drinks to tourists. This picture and the pictures shown above are from the line Ollantaytambo - Aguas Calientes,
that is, the line taking tourists to just below the famous Machu Picchu touristic site.
Picture 29.3.2018 by Pekka Ihalainen.
Picture through a train window from a Cusco to Puno train line train. This picture is from Cusco as the train is just leaving the city.
The line is called Titicaca Train and it is purely touristic train service run a couple of times per week with fairly luxurious train
coaches. The line ends at Puno by the lake Titicaca and by the border to Bolivia.
Picture 30.3.2018 by Pekka Ihalainen.
Tourists enjoying a ride on the Titicaca Train.
Picture 30.3.2018 by Pekka Ihalainen.
The luxurious train toilet on the Titicaca Train.
Picture 30.3.2018 by Pekka Ihalainen.
La Raya is the highest point of the Cusco to Puno train line, at 4319 metres over sea level. It has been built into an artisanal tourist
attraction where the local indian population can sell their handicrafts to tourists. This is the world's fourth highest spot that you can reach
with a train.
Picture 30.3.2018 by Pekka Ihalainen.
The Titicaca Train stopping at La Raya.
Picture 30.3.2018 by Pekka Ihalainen.
The Titicaca Train coaches and locomotive at La Raya.
Picture 30.3.2018 by Pekka Ihalainen.
Titicaca Train coaches at La Raya, 4319 metres over sea level.
Picture 30.3.2018 by Pekka Ihalainen.
