Wednesday, August 17
Rails across the Andes
How the railroads were built in Peru is a fascinating story that is tinged with Indiana Jones-like adventure, geographic challenges, dream-obsessed engineers and human drama. I found some interesting resources on the Web:
- Elio H. Galessio's History of Railroads in Peru and another version of the same story.
- The Railways of the Andes from Mike's Railway History
- Railroad Development Corporation, the current operator of the Ferrocarril Central Andino
- A Railroad in the Clouds -- Oroya Railroad from Mountain Railroading, but really a reprint of an article and illustrations from Scribner's
- Allen Morrison's Tramways: Lima, Arequipa and others.
