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ARGENTINA. Tren de los Nubes (Train of the Clouds) 

Stuart Franklin 

The train journey from Salta in Argentina to Socoma in Chile is a voyage through the barren but beautiful Alto Plano desert that straddles the north-west of Argentina and central Chile. The rail line was built to transport sulphur, salt and sandstone from mining operations on the Alto Plano. Although many of the mines are now disused, the railway provides a link between Argentina and Chile in this remote region and is now seeing something of a tourist, 'boom' as trekkers and travellers come to the area for some of the most outstanding and rugged landscape to be found in South America. 

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ARGENTINA. Train shed near Salta. 1996. 

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ARGENTINA. View along the route. 1996. 

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ARGENTINA. View along the route. 1996. 

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ARGENTINA. Train near Salta, before the line reaches the desert.... 

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ARGENTINA. Horse grazes in a fertile strip that runs parallel... 

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ARGENTINA. Driver in his cab. Journey takes two days to reach... 

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ARGENTINA. The train of the clouds snaking through sandstone... 

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ARGENTINA. The train de los Nubes passes through the desert of... 

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ARGENTINA. Salar de Pocitos. Small mining settlement on the railway... 

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ARGENTINA. The end of a siding along the route. 1996. 

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ARGENTINA. A disused sulphur mine along the way. 1996. 

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ARGENTINA. A small settlement along the route of the journey.... 

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ARGENTINA. A small settlement along the route of the journey.... 

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ARGENTINA. The railway line cuts through the frosty desert morning... 

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ARGENTINA. Alto Plano as the rising sun hits the mountains of... 

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ARGENTINA. Shrine on the Alto Plano. 1996. 

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ARGENTINA. Salt flats on the Alto Plano. 1996. 

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ARGENTINA. Travellers on the train of the clouds. 1996. 

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ARGENTINA. Buffet car on the train of the clouds. 1996. 

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ARGENTINA. Serving food on the train of the clouds. 1996. 

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ARGENTINA. A goods lorry speeds along the Alto Plano. 1996. 

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ARGENTINA. Sandstone formations, shaped by the high winds of... 

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ARGENTINA. Train crosses the Alto Plano (2000m AS) between Chile... 

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ARGENTINA. Where desert meets the mountains. The Alto Plano in... 

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ARGENTINA. Gendarmes patrol the boarder between Chile and Argentina.... 

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ARGENTINA. Gendarmes cross a river with Volcan Maipu in the background.... 

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ARGENTINA. Train journey from Salta in Argentina to Socoma in... 

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ARGENTINA. Argentinean gendarmes have a meal at their border... 

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ARGENTINA. Train journey from Salta in Argentina to Socoma in... 

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ARGENTINA. Train journey from Salta in Argentina to Socoma in... 

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ARGENTINA. The Alta Plano. 1996. 

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ARGENTINA. High desert of the Alta Plano. 1996. 

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ARGENTINA. The town of Salta, over the border in Argentina. 1996.... 

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ARGENTINA. Maipu. Volcano. 1996 
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