Train Graveyard

Our first stop in the Bolivian desert was to visit a train graveyard.

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It was filled with rusting trains.

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The trains used to be used to transport silver and coins from the mines.

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But now the trains are sitting around rusting.

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Slowly, because it is a desert.

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So most of the moisture comes from spray paint solvents.

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There were also tanks, which you wouldn’t think would be used for silver mining.

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And springy bits.

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I don’t think Kerri is the right engineer to get these going again. They seem to be a bit sunken as well.

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