Argentina - Train of the Clouds and Sierras

This traditional trip in Salta province has started running again, after 3 years of inactivity. It covers a 217 kilometer distance and it crosses 29 bridges, 21 tunnels, 13 viaducts, 2 "rollers" and 2 zigzags. 

It covers 219 kilometers with astonishing landscapes with multicolor mountains. Then, it arrives to La Polvorilla viaduct when it remains “hanging” in the Puente de Hierro, 70 meters high and 4,200 meters above sea level. In this stop, the visitors have the possibility of buying handicrafts or wool clothing.

The train crosses 29 bridges, 21 tunnels, 13 viaducts that form the railway track. It is said that before 2007 it will be open again.

De las Sierras Train

With more than six year of absence, this train was open again in a section than links the Rodríguez del Busto station in the City of Córdoba (Center) with the La Calera, 16 kilometers away. The official project is to finish the itinerary to Santa Cruz del Eje, 150 kilometers away.

This train has three cars built in Portugal with capacity for 120 passengers in every one. The train goes through the picturesque mountains of Córdoba towards Valle de Punilla. Part of this excursion extends up to the hillsides of Suquia River. Then, the train goes through long and smooth slopes of the Punilla landscape.