PeruRail is a railway operator providing tourist, freight, and charter services in southern Peru. It was founded in 1999 by two Peruvian entrepreneurs and the British company Sea Containers.
PeruRail's EMD GT42AC 812 and 808 haul a container train from Matarani towards the Las Bambas mine.
Dual gauge, 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge and 914 mm (3 ft) track between two stations in Cuzco, Peru.
Motor car of Perurail clearing the track ahead of a regular passenger train from Cusco to Puno.
Lake Titicaca is a large lake in the Andes mountains on the border of Bolivia and Peru. It is often called the highest navigable lake in the world. It is often listed as a freshwater lake, though its
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…in 1999 by two Peruvian entrepreneurs and the British company Sea Containers. The main line between the port of Matarani, Arequipa, Cusco and Puno on Lake Titicaca. It was formerly known as the Ferrocarril del Sur (Peru Southern Railway), and was for a time owned and operated by the ENAFER state company. It is the…
A view of Lake Titicaca taken from the town of Copacabana in Bolivia
The city of Puno in Peru, the largest urban settlement on the lake
Drawing of Inca Templo del Sol (as seen in 1887) on the Isla del Sol, where the mummified body of Manco Cápac came to rest.
Two Telmatobius species occur in the lake, the smaller, more coastal marbled water frog (pictured, at Isla del Sol) and the larger, more deep-water Titicaca water frog.