Steep slopes
Starting the trip
Blue skies and mountains
Waiting for the iron horse
Follow the river
Deep gorge
Switchback
Devil's Nose
Siobambe Señorita
Mountain farms
Around the bend
Santo Domingo
The Church of El Carmen de la Asuncion
The balconies of Cuenca - 3
The balconies of Cuenca - 2
The balconies of Cuenca - 1
Pretty in Pink
Tango
Shall we dance?
Focus
Biellmann spin
Catch foot spin
Eye to eye
Avenue of the Volcanoes
Iglesia de Balbanera
Early facade
Rural commute
Details from the Cathedral
Cold nights
Wild flowers
Braided roof
Alpaca
Donkey fur
Base camp
Wild flower
Wrapped in Red
Odds and Ends
Light orange
Measuring the roses
Perfect petals
Sublime color
Orange beauties
Brown sugar
Take us home
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Alausi


Alausi, Ecuador sits at an altitude of over 7677 feet (2340 meters). It is the starting station of the Nariz del Diablo, or Devil's Nose train - so named after the near vertical mountain of the same name which blocked the route. Engineers designed a series of switchbacks which allowed the train to climb nearly 2700 feet at a gradient of 1-in-18 by going forwards then backwards up a second set of tracks. tracks.
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