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The Old Patagonian Express (1979) is a written account of a journey taken by novelist Paul Theroux. Starting out from his home town in Massachusetts, via Boston and Chicago, Theroux travels by train across the North American plains to Laredo, Texas.
1 de ene. de 1979 · 1,144 reviews 737 followers. March 27, 2024. This book tells the story of Paul Theroux’s journey from his home in Boston, Massachusetts, to the foot of South America in 1978. He travelled almost exclusively by train – many different trains – and it took him about two months to reach his final destination at Esquel.
La Trochita (official name: Viejo Expreso Patagónico), in English known as the Old Patagonian Express, is a 750 mm (2 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) narrow gauge railway in Patagonia, Argentina using steam locomotives.
The Old Patagonian Express is one of the most famous historic trains in the world. It adds to the particularity of its minimum gauge, the unique landscape that it traverses. La Trochita – Esquel. Patagonia is always seducing, with its large extensions, its magical scenery of plateaus, sea, mountains, lakes and rivers.
The Old Patagonian Express once stretched out 402 kilometres and it was originally planned as part of a larger network that would connect all of Patagonia. However, the project was never completed due to ministerial changes and then the start of the First World War, which also affected Argentina’s economy.
7 de nov. de 1989 · INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER. The Old Patagonian Express chronicles Paul Theroux’s train journey from his home in Boston, Massachusetts to the foot of South America, in 1978. Full of witty and sharp observations, Theroux goes out of his way to talk to as many locals as possible along the way.
Book now. Known in English as the Old Patagonian Express, the La Trochita is a steam train ploughing a narrow-gauge railway in Patagonia, Argentina. It’s an incredibly stunning journey, sandwiches between the plains of Patagonia and the peaks of the Andes, with the train pulled by steam locomotives and offering photo opportunities at every moment.
