Berny's photos with the keyword: tren de las nubes

The Salta–Antofagasta railway, also named Huaytiquina, is a single track railway line that links Argentina and Chile passing through the Andes. It is a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge railway with a total length of 941 km (571 in Argentina and 330 in Chile), connecting the cities of Salta and Antofagasta on the Pacific Ocean, passing through the Puna de Atacama and Atacama Desert. The construction of the railway started in 1921, the viaduct La Polvorilla, the highest of the line, was finished on 7 November 1932. It is now the final destination of the "tren de las nubes". The viaduct was the highest and most northern point of our trip. From here we returned back south, heading all the way down to Ushuaia. See PiP's - scanned slide, Minolta X700

Railway bridge across Rio Rosario near Ruta 51 from Salta to San Antonio de los Cobres. The railway is called "Tren de las nubes" (train to the clouds) and leads up to an elevation of 4220 m at the Polvorilla viaduct. The railroad was built in 1948 (construction started in 1921!) with a length of 217 km nowerdays. The Train to the Clouds originally left from Salta, and even left from Salta for a while as a tourist attraction too. It was 573 km in its earlier days, and joined Salta and Socompa pass in Chile. But after years of repairs and a few accidents, the train now leaves from San Antonio de Los Cobres only. - scanned slide, Minolta X700