My first train ride in Ecuador. This is the destination station which is thousands of feet below the rail line. It is a modern building after being abandoned for 40 years by those who thought it a better idea to build highways and burn gasoline (who could hat be?) and wear tires. the line is a marvel, going down canyons too steep for normal grade. So in the following photos you will see the line which requires the train to back up and then go forward as it works its way down the canyon walls.

this one of the many places which there is no room for the rail to "loop." So the train must back onto the line and then switch.

German tourists.

Had I known how close to the edge the train went and how poorly the track was maintained, I would not have taken this train ride!!