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Brian Norden

February 05, 2023 05:49PM

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John West Wrote:
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> There was an effort to revive the railroad in the
> early 2000's, which got so far as some work on one
> of the engines. It involved an extension from Rio
> Turbio into Chile for tourist operation. But it
> seems to have fizzled out.

See my post below. Photo on one of the linked web pages show that one locomotive appears to have been completed along with some passenger cars.
Nothing more than that -- so may have frizzled out.

BN

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