Each of the tourist trains of
Argentina has its own enchantment and allows the tourist to meet places that
cannot be reached by any other means- always offering the necessary comfort to
make the most of your trip.
Appreciating a spectacular work of engineering over the Andes mountain range
such as the Train to the Clouds, travelling in small and picturesque trains over
astounding patagonic landscapes such as the Old Patagonic Express and the Train
of the End of the World, making beautiful trips around the sierras with the
Train of the Sierras, visiting the splendid northern zone of Buenos Aires with
the modern Train of the Coast, or going back in time recalling the age of the
gauchos and of the big estancias with the Historic Train, you will have the
possibility to live peerless experiences and "feel" our wonderful
geography.
It is one of the three
highest trains in the world. It travels through the vertiginous mountains of the
Andes Mountain Range and moves along astonishing landscapes.
It leaves from the city of Salta, moves
along the Valle de Lerma (Lerma valley), gets into Quebrada del Toro (Toro
gorge) and reaches the Puna.
The final point of the trip is the kilometre 1350 where you will find La
Polvorilla viaduct which is 224 metres long and 63 metres high. It is the
highest cowboy line, at 4200 m.a.s.l. and one of the most important ones in the
world due to its characteristics.
The whole trip takes almost 15 hours, crossing 29 bridges, 21 tunnels, 13
viaducts, 2 "curls" and 2 zig-zags. Due to the height at which the
train moves, it is quite common to see clouds under the bridges or at the
mountainsides, hence the choice of its name.
The train offers several services such as: restaurant car, panoramic car, folk
spectacles, consulting room, audio, video and
bilingual guides.
Always
accompanied by the splendour of the river and its coasts, the passenger that
makes use of the Train of the Coast can get on and off the train as many times
as he wants and organise his own trip.
It is the most modern train in Argentina. During the trip you can appreciate
different residential streets of the northern part of Buenos
Aires with beautiful and, many times, luxurious houses built over
exceptional lanscapes.
Within the different stations, many of them with an English style, you can find
picturesque cafés, varied gastronomy, shoppings and promenades.
Tre trip finishes at the Delta station, with the possibility of visiting the
casino and going around the Park of the Coast, with shows, mechanical
attractions, 3D cinemas, games, and trips on boats going along the Delta
islands.
This
train, whose history relates to the year 1887, leaves from Chacarita and travels
several kilómetres along the Pampa plains, in the city of Buenos
Aires.
Originally, this train was horse-pulled, and is currently National Historic
Railway Patrimony.
It travels about 69 kilómetres, fascinating its passengers with the steam going
out of the antique 1908 Baldwin locomotive, seen from the window while moving
cross-country.
You can choose to travel either in modern cars or in the traditional ones made
of wood which clearly recall that age.
As a part of the excursion you can choose either to have asado (barbecue)
in a rural restaurant; or to spend an unforgettable country day in an
"estancia" with folk shows, a demonstration of the gaucho and his
horses habilities and several other activities.
A curious point to note is that this train was used in the shooting of
"Evita" with Madonna in the leading role and "Seven years in
Tibet" with Brad Pitt.
Leaving from Alto Verde,
located at 12 kilometres of the city of Córdoba,
this train gets into the beautiful sierra landscapes of The Punilla
Valley.
This train moves through picturesque villages sorrounded by impressive beauties
going among bends, tunnels and bridges immersed in the sierra.
This train reaches the dam and dyke San Roque, where it stops to allow the
tourist to appreciate the landscape and get exquisite regional sweets
marmalades; then it moves through a bridge of 26 metres of height and 150
metres of length that crosses the Cosquín stream, offering an imposing
panoramic view. After that, the train climbs up to a maximun height of 1111
metres above sea level in La Cumbre station; it reaches the localities of Cruz
Grande and Los Cocos, with its wonderful residences; to finish in the locality
of Capilla del Monte, where you can enjoy a delightful lunch and a short visit
of the roundabouts.
This
picturesque cowboy, propelled by a steam locomotive, drags cars heated by
firewood stoves, and moves along imposing landscapes in a sinuous trip among the
mountains.
The train leaves from the Esquel station, and
takes you through valleys and patagonic plateaux. The trip may take either 2
hours and a half (Nahuel Pan station), or six hours (El Maitén station).
All along the trip you can see the lack of trees, just a few of them can be seen
on the bank of the water courses, stations and resting places. However, it is
important to stand out the great quantity of ship that fill the landscape;
between Leleque and Nahuel Pan it is very likely to see herds of guanacos and
America ostriches near the railroads.
The final part of the trip is made at more than 700 metres of height, moving
along the rocky mountainsides of the valley of the Esquel stream.
This
train leaves daily from the Station of the End of the World located at 8 km to
the west of the city of Ushuaia, getting
into the Tierra del Fuego National Park, within a priviledged landscape.
The trip takes about 14 hs (at a whole) going through the typical landscapes of
Tierra del Fuego: woods, rivers, mountains and valleys, in heating cars
with all the comfort you need.
Depending on the season of the year when you make this excursion you will enjoy
very different landscapes: green in summer; yellow, ocher and red from the
Lengas and Argentine lumbers in autumm; white from snow in winter.
Before the excursion, and by means of a guided visit, tourists are shown a
series of photographs to recall the beginnings of this train.
Passengers can choose to travel either in tourist class or in the First Class
service, where appart from travelling in cars with individual seats and tables,
they are offered a cafeteria sevice that will let them try the exquisite
homemade cakes accompanied with hot chocolate or cofee among other
options.
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Always
accompanied by the splendour of the river and its coasts, the passenger that
makes use of the Train of the Coast can get on and off the train as many times
as he wants and organise his own trip. 
This
train, whose history relates to the year 1887, leaves from Chacarita and travels
several kilómetres along the Pampa plains, in the city of 
Leaving from Alto Verde,
located at 12 kilometres of the city of 
This
picturesque cowboy, propelled by a steam locomotive, drags cars heated by
firewood stoves, and moves along imposing landscapes in a sinuous trip among the
mountains. 