Locomotives

La Trochita, (El Viejo Expreso Patagónico), in English known as the Old Patagonian Express, is a 750 mm narrow gauge railway in Patagonia, Argentina using steam locomotives. The nickname La Trochita means literally "The Little Narrow Gauge" in Spanish. It is 402 km in length and runs through the foothills of the Andes between Esquel and El Maiten in Chubut Province and Ingeniero Jacobacci in Río Negro Province, originally it was part of Ferrocarriles Patagónicos, a network of railways in southern Argentina. Nowadays, with its original character largely unchanged, it operates as a heritage railway and was made internationally famous by the 1978 Paul Theroux book The Old Patagonian Express, which described it as the railway almost at the end of the world.

see PiP's for variants....... La Trochita, (El Viejo Expreso Patagónico), in English known as the Old Patagonian Express, is a 750 mm narrow gauge railway in Patagonia, Argentina using steam locomotives. The nickname La Trochita means literally "The Little Narrow Gauge" in Spanish. It is 402 km in length and runs through the foothills of the Andes between Esquel and El Maiten in Chubut Province and Ingeniero Jacobacci in Río Negro Province, originally it was part of Ferrocarriles Patagónicos, a network of railways in southern Argentina. Nowadays, with its original character largely unchanged, it operates as a heritage railway and was made internationally famous by the 1978 Paul Theroux book The Old Patagonian Express, which described it as the railway almost at the end of the world. read details at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Trochita http://www.latrochita.org.ar

out of the current series: La Trochita (official name: Viejo Expreso Patagónico), in English known as the Old Patagonian Express, is a 750 mm narrow gauge railway in Patagonia, Argentina using steam locomotives. The nickname La Trochita means literally "little gauge". The Trochita railway is 402 km in length and runs through the foothills of the Andes between Esquel and El Maitén in Chubut Province and Ingeniero Jacobacci in Río Negro Province, originally it was part of Ferrocarriles Patagónicos, a network of railways in southern Argentina. Nowadays, with its original character largely unchanged, it operates as a heritage railway and was made internationally famous by the 1978 Paul Theroux book The Old Patagonian Express, which described it as the railway almost at the end of the world. Trains began to run on the completed parts of the line in 1935. Some other photos of this locomotive www.ipernity.com/tag/berny/keyword/538467

PiP in B/W

in Esquel

Ferrocaril Austral Fueguino

The Ferrocarril Austral Fueguino (FCAF) or El Tren del Fin del Mundo is a 500 mm (19 3⁄4 in) gauge steam railway in Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina. It was originally built as a freight line to serve the prison of Ushuaia, specifically to transport timber. It now operates as a heritage railway into the Tierra del Fuego National Park and is considered the southernmost functioning railway in the world.

Baujahr 1912, Fab.Nr. 2090, Hersteller Lokomotivfabrik Floridsdorf, Bauart F n4zzt, Höchstgeschwindigkeit 30/20 km/h, Leistung 1120 PSi, Dienstgewicht 88 t, Kesseldruck 13 kg/cm²

Rijeka Railway - 12 Steam locomotive JZ 51-032, conserved as monument at the railway station in Rijeka, factory no. Bp 3709/15, type 1C1t-h2, see PiP!

Rijeka Railway - 11 Steam locomotive JZ 51-032, conserved as monument at the railway station in Rijeka, factory no. Bp 3709/15, type 1C1t-h2

one man left. you see him at the box at the far right. he told us, that he is the last remaining employee.

at last we found a way in, walked right through an open door, only to recognize seconds later, that it was closed and locked behind us. Oooops. But luckily it was only a locking carabiner, which we could open again later ;-)