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The other train operating on the line is the luxury "Hiram Bingham" run by a WagonLit Inc of Europe (part of Orient Express company) and is incredibly expensive. The Cuzco – Quillibama line in Peru is 3 ft (914 mm) gauge. The other 3 ft narrow-gauge Huancayo-Huancavelica Railway was converted to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge.
Patons Country Narrow Gauge Railway – a two-foot narrow-gauge heritage railway in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, from Ixopo to Umzimkhulu; Reefsteamers – day trips from Johannesburg to Magaliesburg. [35] Rovos Rail – up-market railtours [36] The Sandstone Heritage Trust – private railway operating 2-foot gauge steam locomotives [37]
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad roundhouse, Aberdeen, South Dakota; Currently 7 stalls, 22 stalls demolished (foundations visible), turntable demolished. Chicago and North Western Roundhouse , Huron, SD, NRHP-listed, now belonging to Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern Railroad ; Once full circle, 15 stalls and the turntable remain.
In South America, Argentina and Chile use 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) track gauge, as well as 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) or metre gauge. Brazil uses 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) (known as "Irish gauge", most common for passenger services and a few corridors in the Southeast) and 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) (known as "narrow gauge" or "metre gauge", most common for cargo services).
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge. Most narrow-gauge railways are between 600 mm ( 1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in ) and 1,067 mm ( 3 ft 6 in ).
Narrow gauge railways in South America (2 C, 2 P) P. ... South American railway station stubs (80 P) Pages in category "Rail transport in South America"
Freight transport was the main business of Ferrovías Guatemala. Guatemala rail map of 1925. Construction of the first railway in Guatemala commenced in 1878 [1] and the first section began operation in 1880, connecting Puerto San José and Escuintla, [1] [2] being extended to Guatemala City in 1884.
The central Transandine Railway from Valparaíso, Chile, to Mendoza, Argentina is defunct, pending reconstruction. [8] While Chile and large parts of Argentina both use the same 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) gauge, the connecting Ferrocarril Trasandino Los Andes - Mendoza used a narrow gauge of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) with rack railway sections.