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Book review from the Continental Railway Journal Nº 131, Autumn 2002: "La Trochita" is the local name for the Esquel branch
in Patagonia, and the appearance of a publication such as this
is a welcome sign that at last the future of the branch may be
secure. The book is a lavish production, and one aimed squarely
at the tourist as well as the trainfan. A number of the photographs
are non-train, although related to either the area or the local
people, but for the enthusiast the benefit is that several of
the train pictures are extremely good, and production quality
throughout is very high. The text is bilingual Spanish and English
and briefly covers the history of the area and of the line, plus
various travellers' tales and accounts of days past. Locos and
rolling stock are described in a chapter provided by Keith Taylorson.
The final part of the book is taken up with the proposals for
the development of the branch related to the establishment of
the Patagonian Museum at Leleque, which is funded by the Benetton
Group.
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