Thursday, May 21, 2009

Estacion del Fin del Mundo


Here we are (Dick and Margie) at the Station for the Train of the End of the World.
The train 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. It is a small train of small cars carrying tourists over part of the old route, though peat bogs, waterways and vast areas of stumps where the prisoners cut timber. We were served a lunch and a drink of our choice during the scenic trip. A sort of Argentine Wine Train! For more info see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_of_the_End_of_the_World

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