La patagonia en Arentina

La patagonia en Arentina

The Trochita was born in 1945 as a link between Ingeniero Jacobacci (Black River), where trains arrive from Buenos Aires to Esquel (Chubut). Although at first it was a load line, from 1950 he began to accept transfer passengers who were in Ingeniero Jacobacci to San Antonio Oeste, Viedma, Carmen de Patagones, Bahia Blanca, and finally to Buenos Aires.

The trip between Esquel and Ingeniero Jacobacci lasted 14 hours and its uniqueness lies in the trail (track width) of only 75 cm. It was begun in 1935 with surplus World War I, so the cost was low. Thus, in 1941 La Trochita came to El Maitén and Esquel four years later. Advertising Nahuel Pan, currently still running and has just celebrated its 70th anniversary - closed in 1992, in 1994 the tourist service Esquel opened. This route has a length of 18 kilometers and last for three hours in which also is known to the community fund Nahuel Pan. Through this journey, travelers can enjoy the Argentine Patagonian landscapes while also travels back in time on a steam locomotive wagons with small salamanders in which heat up.