This directory of tourist railways and railway museums in South & Central America includes scenic steam trains, trams, luxury rail tours, and other historic sites.
ABPF Santa Catarina - Railway museum in Santa Catarina, Brazil
ABPF São Paulo - Railway museum in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Argentina National Railway Museum - Photos from a railway museum in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Brazilian Association of Railroad Preservation (ABPF) - Promotes the preservation of historic Brazilian railway equipment and operates several steam railways
Corcovado Rack Railway - Inclined railroad to the summit at Corcovado, the famous Christ Statue; built in 1884 and converted from steam to electric in 1910; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ecuador Train Journeys - Guide to the passenger rail services in Ecuador
End of the World Railway (Ferrocarril Austral Fueguino) - The southernmost railway in the world with steam and diesel excursions through the Tierra del Fuego National Park; Ushuaia, Argentina
Estrada de Ferro Campos do Jordão - Steam trains and electric trams at Campos do Jordão, Brazil
Ferrocarril Central Andino SA - Operates freight service plus tourist excursions from capital city Lima to the Andean cities of La Oroya and Huancayo; Peru
Hotel los Heroes - Short excursion train from the Los Heroes hotel in Guanacaste, Costa Rica
La Trochita - 402km steam excursions on the Old Patagonian Express between Esquel and El Maiten, Argentina
Maria Fumaça - Narrow gauge steam railway in Bento Gonçalves, Brazil
Monte Serrat Funicular - Funicular at Monte Serrat in Santos, Brazil
Museo de la Electericidad - Museum of electricity includes electric trams; Lima, Peru
Museu Do Carro Electrico - Museum features a collection of 16 tramcars, 5 tramcar trailers, and 2 backup cars used for maintenance work, as well as several components – engines, armatures, and combining components; Porto, Portugal
Peru Rail - Luxury train services including the Hiram Bingham between Cuzco and Machu Picchu and the Andean Explorer between Cuzco and Lake Titicaca
Rail South America - Organizes rail tours in South America for train enthusiasts
Railroads in Brazil - Guide to railroad books, preservation, museums, and locomotives in Brazil
Rain Forest Aerial Tram - Excursion through the rain forest canopy and its hanging gardens of plants and animals hidden at the tops of tall tropical trees; Braulio Carillo National Park, Costa Rica
Ranchos Railway Museum - Railway artifacts from Argentine railways, specifically the Great Southern Railway; Ranchos, Argentina
Santiago Railway Museum - Railway museum with numerous steam locomotives on display; Santiago, Chile
Serra Verde Express - Operates three tourist railways plus the Great Brazil Express luxury train
St. Kitts Scenic Railway - Narrow gauge railway built between 1912 and 1926 to deliver sugar cane from the fields to the sugar mill in the capital city of Basseterre, now offers a Caribbean tour around the island of St. Kitts in the two-island Federation of St. Christopher and Nevis
Tico Train Tour - 73-mile excursions between San José and the Pacific Coast; Costa Rica
Train to the Clouds (Tren a las Nubes) - 15-hour train tour from the Argentine Northwest to the Chilean border in the Andes mountain range; Salta, Argentina
Trains & Travel International - Operates luxury rail tours and railfan charters in South America
Trem da Estrada Real - Diesel-powered tourist train in Paraiba Do Sul, Brazil
Tren de la Costa - 15km light rail line serving tourists in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tren Histórico a Vapor - Steam train in Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina
Turistren - 106km steam excursions from Bogota, Colombia
Villa Elisa Train - Steam train in Villa Elisa, Argentina
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