Train Cemetery
Train Cemetery
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- yycyycyyc651 contributionsWorth a Quick Look, but not moreWorth a stop if you are a train buff, but for me, 20 minutes was plenty. There are a large number of ruined and rusted locos, nose to tail, just left to rust, likely when Bolivia lost their coastline to Chile after the Nitrate War of the 1880s. Many now covered with graffiti too, and souvenir hunters long ago removed anything removable.Visited December 2023Travelled as a coupleWritten 10 January 2024
- Kevin SPontypridd, United Kingdom7,007 contributionsNow just a curiosity.OK, a line of abandoned trains, maybe 20 on one track 6 on another, isn't the most interesting feature in the desert or salt flats but it is weird, and why? Simply imported with the expectation of a large growth in the train industry that never happened. Now just a curiosity.Visited April 2024Travelled as a coupleWritten 1 June 2024
- gatoreedMetairie, Louisiana1,213 contributionsThe Train Cemetery, a must see if in UyuniStop here as part of our tour of Bolivia. Interesting to see the remnants of the old trains that helped to build this county. Too bad that they are in such bad shape. recommend a 20 - 30 minute visit to get some pictures and maybe climb into the cabs of the engins.Visited July 2024Travelled with friendsWritten 24 July 2024
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NamasteHello
Harrogate, UK1,814 contributions
Feb 2020 • Solo
If you want to be seen on Instagram jumping up doing a star jump on a train that is rusty and 69 years old, this is the place for you. But remember someone died instantly last year doing just this! Otherwise there's no real reason to go here. My tour operator thought this would be good place to visit. But it's a tourist attraction that's really pointless. The sadness is that the railway used to thrive exporting minerals to help the Bolivian economy, but business left and left hmdesolation behind for local communities.
Written 14 February 2020
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Reslysten54
Vienna, VA2,703 contributions
Oct 2022
I don't recommend wasting time here. It's and unattractive junkyard that somehow fascinates people. Why? It escapes me. It's just a sad monument of a bygone industrial era, and an eye sore.
If at least they had it fenced and could collect some revenue from crazy tourists, but not even that is happening.
If at least they had it fenced and could collect some revenue from crazy tourists, but not even that is happening.
Written 10 November 2022
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Pontypridd, UK7,007 contributions
Apr 2024 • Couples
OK, a line of abandoned trains, maybe 20 on one track 6 on another, isn't the most interesting feature in the desert or salt flats but it is weird, and why? Simply imported with the expectation of a large growth in the train industry that never happened. Now just a curiosity.
Written 1 June 2024
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Travelbug291
Bribie Island, Australia923 contributions
Nov 2019
Fascinating journey into the history of rail transporting supplies to the area. Rusting relics of a bygone age make an interesting stop and picture shoot. Numerous kids, 'Big' and small scrambling over the once essential engines
Written 24 January 2020
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Wcitizen
Mexico City, Mexico128 contributions
Jan 2024 • Solo
A very strange place and full of melancholy to see so many rusty irons from so many locomotives and wagons, by the way, they all had the distribution and power system, pistons, etc. removed, even so the visit is very cool and you are transported one by one. those times of the railway boom, a must-see when going to Uyuni.
When I was there I played the Creedence song: Graveyard Train...
When I was there I played the Creedence song: Graveyard Train...
Written 11 March 2024
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GrandTourist468
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Jan 2024 • Solo
I stopped here as part of my salt flats tour. It was PACKED in November and really hot. We stayed for 30 minutes, but I would have been happy leaving after 10. Personally, I wouldn’t make a special trip to see rusty trains.
Written 13 March 2024
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Lucas Pena
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia19 contributions
July 2022
Amazing experience! I loved getting to climb around on and inside these trains. It's a very interesting experience to see what trains used to look like. If you visit Uyuni you must see this. There are hundreds of abandoned trains of all sorts just waiting to be discovered! Definitely a must-do in Uyuni!
Written 21 July 2022
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kattea90
Bristol, UK12 contributions
Nov 2023 • Couples
If you like trains or rust this is the place for you. Otherwise be prepared to spend half an hour watching tourists take photos. No clue why all yours to the salt flats go here first and at the same time!
Written 7 November 2023
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Ectoplasm Fantasia
Birmingham, UK2,854 contributions
May 2023 • Solo
I loved this!
Haunting, beautiful, majestic.
The area around it is pretty dirty but the site itself is well maintained and it’s got a very calm and special presence.
We went on the way to the airport but if you have time to wander and take photos all the better.
Haunting, beautiful, majestic.
The area around it is pretty dirty but the site itself is well maintained and it’s got a very calm and special presence.
We went on the way to the airport but if you have time to wander and take photos all the better.
Written 19 August 2023
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gatoreed
Metairie, LA1,213 contributions
July 2024 • Friends
Stop here as part of our tour of Bolivia. Interesting to see the remnants of the old trains that helped to build this county. Too bad that they are in such bad shape. recommend a 20 - 30 minute visit to get some pictures and maybe climb into the cabs of the engins.
Written 24 July 2024
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Hola, soy fotógrafo y quisiera saber si alguien sabe qué tan seguro es ir por cuenta de uno mismo en el atardecer o de noche fuera de los planes turÃsticos que ofrecen en la ciudad?
Written 6 December 2022
I would like to know the opening times of the Railway museum in Uyuni. It's located behind the railway station but I can't find any opening times. I've found pictures of the front of the museum and photographs from inside the museum but there does not appear to be any mention of opening times or fees.
Written 22 June 2018
The Train Cemetery museum is outdoor, it's open all day long.
Written 5 November 2018
Hola!! QuerÃa saber cómo se llega al cementerio desde Uyuni. Vi en google maps que es muy cerca, se puede llegar caminando?
Written 26 November 2016
En mi opinión si se podrÃa ir caminando pero tardarÃas bastante. No es nada espectacular a no ser que seas un fanático de los trenes.Son unos trozos de trenes abandonados a un lado de la carretera, sin más.
Written 28 November 2016
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