Comments on: Is it possible to travel from Los Angeles to South America by train? (Please, no smart ass or dumb answers.)?

By: mariner31

mariner31 — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:02:34 +0000

Interesting… there seem to be a number of fragmentary railroads in Mexico. I started with wikipedia, and branched out to their source links.
is the primary Mexican Railroad, but I can’t find their site in ENGLISH.
is a passenger route from Chihuahua to Sinola (on the Pacific Coast)

This seems to show that Rail in Central America VERY fragmented.

This seems to show rail-transit in South America is also very fragmented.

Rather sad… It would be a very interesting trip !!

By: gomanyes

gomanyes — Sun, 31 May 2009 20:16:02 +0000

No, it isn’t. The furthest you could get is San Diego. After that you’d have to take buses.

By: Michael M

Michael M — Fri, 29 May 2009 16:25:53 +0000

no direct connection. would need to use buses or other conveniences to do this .. could also take weeks if any connections are missed.
but good luck to you …

By: DON W

DON W — Fri, 29 May 2009 01:36:59 +0000

Unfortunately it’s not possible–most of the route no longer has any passenger train service. The noted travel author Paul Theroux tried something like that in the late 1970s (The Old Patagonian Express), and even then it was very difficult and there were large gaps that had to be traveled by plane, bus, or boat. Nowadays, with Mexico having done away with most of its passenger trains and many of the other Central and South American countries having done the same, it’s not even worth trying.

But, see if you can get a copy of the book–it’s great reading!