Southern Fuegian Railway
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The Southern Fuegian Railway or the Train of the End of the World is a 500 mm gauge steam railway in Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina. It was originally built as a freight line to serve the prison
Train at Macarena station
Train carrying jail staff, 1920
Rail tracks into the forest, 1920
Train with passengers, 1930
Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, also formerly called Isla de Xátiva, is an island near the southern tip of South America from which it is separated by the Strait of Magellan. The western portion of t
Southern Fuegian Railway
…railway into the Tierra del Fuego National Park and is considered the southernmost functioning railway in the world. In the late 19th century, Ushuaia on Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego developed as a penal colony, with the first prisoners arriving in 1884. In 1902, work began on a proper set of buildings for the prison by inmates, and…
View of Fagnano Lake in Tierra del Fuego Island.
The Southern Fuegian Railway in Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina.
View of the Magellanic subpolar forests in Tierra del Fuego National Park, Argentina.
Ushuaia – Malvinas Argentinas International Airport in Argentina.