International Railroad Discussion > Touristren Bogota

My wife and I decided to travel to Bogota Colombia this last week and while adventuring around, we discovered a tourist train that operates from near downtown Bogoto North about 25 miles. I hadn't seen much on the railroad nor had I really researched. We happened to be in the area of Usaquen and I saw on the map a station. We walked over and discovered a GE U10B switching. We then met two of their crew members and I spent a solid hour talking trains from the US and them teaching me about their railroad in Colombia. They had a ton of photographs. It was funny as we shared our engineer licenses. I plan to send a bunch of railroad things in the next week or so. 

Here's a shot of one of their engines going by the station.

Joe

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Here are some more photos from Usaquen. 

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Carlos and Andy were wonderful to meet and chat with. They spent the hour showing me pictures. We conversed on what was happening with their railroad. I spoke about working for a railroad in the USA. I had an incredible time.

Joe

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Would this be a 36" gauge line.

I'd guess meter gauge

FCN Colombia is 3' gauge

It was neat that you could share experiences with railroaders from another part of the world. Did they speak English or can you speak Spanish?

I speak a little Spanish. The iPhone and Google translation app work wonders. I’ve sent a ton of pics from home and they’ve sent a bunch from down south. I will most likely be back down there at some point.

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