Tourist train Cusco - Machu Picchu at the station Ollantaytambo in the Urubamba Valley

Andean Explorer leaves Cusco for the trip to Puno

The daily Cusco (San Pedro Estacion) – Machu Picchu, only reserved to local population, is moving backward on the numerous swithbacks. The meter gauge line snakes between rubbish and crashed do... (more)

A PeruRail freight train stands ready for departure from Cusco's Wanchaq yards. The company operates freight trains triweekly between Juliaca and Cusco, mostly carrying gasoline and diesel fuel fo... (more)

View from the vistadome car; locomotive diesel Alco DL class headed the tourist train called "Andean Explorer" depart from Wanchaq station in Cusco bound Puno circulates along Watanay Valley close... (more)

PeruRail cars 217 and 216 prepare for departure from Aguas Calientes station which serves visitors to famous Macchu Picchu (reached by bus or van connection) back to Cusco, Peru. PeruRail has a ... (more)

Depart few seconds before "Andean Explorer" tourist train the small Dresine called in spanish slang "Zorra" crossing the Candelaria market to checking the Puno - Cusco main line for the passengers... (more)

What looks like a moonscape is the Atacoma Desert of Peru where PeruRail Alco DL560 #653 guides a 2-car passenger special en route from Arequipa to the seacoast at Mollendo, dropping over 14,000 ... (more)

The No. 1 rated passenger train in South America is Perurail's "Andean Explorer" shown here leaving its southern terminus of Puno on the shore of Lake Titicaca on Aug. 2, 2008 for its 230-mile run... (more)

Alco DL 560 class headed in a cloudy and rainy day a tourist train called "Andean Explorer" from Puno bound to Cusco city in this unforgettable trip during around ten hours along the Titicaca`s la... (more)

Deep in the heart of the Sacred Valley the newest locomotive to the Peru Rail 3 foot gauge is #500 (2nd) hauling a string of coaches through the town of Piskacuchu, or as the tourist know it as KM... (more)

Train at the top of the world! A stop at the 14,200 ft La Raya pass which is the highest point of the Puno-Cuzco line. The baggage car behind the ancient locomotive contains a large caterpillar ... (more)

The engineer inspects engine 487 prior to its journey through the Sacred Valley.

Trainmen ready 487 and its train for a morning run down the Urubamba Valley to Machu Picchu.

Perurail 358 rolls east along the Urubamba River, with a load of tourist headed to Ollantaytambo. Early 2010 this section of the line was washed out by a major flood that was the worst in the area... (more)