Train Cemetery

Bolivia / Potosi / Uyuni /
 abandoned / shut down, open air museum, railroad yard, interesting place, steam locomotive, railway museum
This area served in the past as a distribution hub for the trains carrying minerals on their way to the Pacific Ocean ports. The train lines were built by British engineers who arrived near the end of the 19th century and formed a sizable community in Uyuni. The rail construction started in 1888 and ended in 1892.
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Coordinates:   20°28'49"S   66°50'7"W
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