TREN PATAGÓNICO © R.95 Scenic Route ► Part I → The Coast

IDEVI

This is a grup of local farms Somethimes open to tourist

Barranco de Los Loros

A nice place for birdwatchers. One of the most important parrots colony you can see in America.

La Lobería

This is the most important sea wolfs reservoirs in all America

Camino de La Costa

A impressive scenic road running paralel to a cliff.

Faro del Río Negro

This is the first and northernmost patagonian lighthouse.

Balneario El Cóndor

A nice beach with a big tidal wave, located at the Río Negro estuary side.

Plaza San Martin

This is Viedma main square.

Residencia del Gobernador

The Governor house itself.

Edificio Histórico Municipal

This is the Municipalty historical building

Manzana Histórica

This is a historical city block containing some historical buildings.

Plaza Alsina

This is the downtown square.

Muelle de Lanchas

This pier acts as a little port for shuttle ships connecting Viedma with Carmen de Patagones. They operate in a regular service.

Oficina de Informes Turísticos

Open Mondays to Fridays from 8am to 8pm. Saturdays, Sundays and non labourable days from 12am to 6pm. +542920-427171 infoturismo@viedma.gov.ar

Centro Municipal de Cultura

This is the municipalty culture building. Located at Gallardo St. Nº 550. +542920-424448.

Puente Gobernador Villarino

The new road brigde connecting city of Viedma with Carmen de Patagones.

Puente Ferrocarretero

This is the historical steel lifting brigde connecting city of Viedma with Carmen de Patagones. It is dual mode, so can operate road and railroad traffic. It is the only railroad lifting brigde in all Patagonia, but it is important to mention lifting system is not longer operative, because it is not neccesary on modern times.. The brigde was built in 1937, and the lifting system... is not conventional

Terminal de Omnibus VDM

This is the city buses terminal.

Puente Seco

It is an old plate railway brigde located over Provincial Route Nº 1

Histórico Muelle Carbonero

During steam times this pier was used by ships to transfer coal to railway wagons to be later used by locomotives. It is not longer operative

Antiguo Emplazamiento de los Talleres Ganz

In the past on this place were located the mainteinance sheed of a special fleet of fast DMU's

Tren Nº 000

Some historical rolling stock can be seen here somethimes

Histórica Mesa Giratoria

Just the historic turntable itself

Embarcadero de autos

Here is the ramp to load automobiles on board the train

Aeropuerto Gobernador Castello

This is the local airport, located only 2km from the railway station

Puente Fantasma

A lonely steel brigde located in middle of nowhere in the desert.

General Nicolás Palacios Ghost Station

The first ghost station is this. Nothing here. Just empty space.

General Liborio Bernal Ghost Station

The second ghost station you will pass.

Vice-admiral O' Connor Ghost Station town

This is a complete and original ghost town from beginning of the XXth Century. Wooden houses, an corrugated steel passenger building and the water tank can be seen at the north side. A MOW unit is based here. Somethimes train stops here to assist the lonely track unit.

Nuevo León Ghost Station

Another ghost station.

The O' Connor Triangle

Inversion triangle in middle of nothing

General Lorenzo Vintter Ghost Station

Vintter is not a cnventional ghost station, because from here you have a strange and nice view to the ocean, located 30km away. Looking South it is possible to see the deep blue ocean making a atrong contrast with the yellow desert, giving this a unique visual composition

East Xing

San Antonio Bay tidal limit

Here you have a very unusual scenery for a railway. With high tide you will see sea water very near the tracks. But on low tide all the bay turns dry, and if you pay attention you will see crabs holes between the brushes.

Pifiado Brigde

Dr. Cortizo North Junction

Dr. Cortizo East Junction

Alpat Junction

Here starts the Alpat industrial branch

SAO Workshops

Here we repair our locomotives, and here we assembled our first locos in 1908

SAO Station

This is San Antonio Oeste passenger station

Hook Historic track

Here is were the Patagonian railway started in 1908

Old SAO Harbor

This was our beggining in 1908

Old Beach

This is the old San Antonio beach, located at the inner part of the bay

Open Beach

This is the name given to the big beaches located at the open sea. This beachs are very big, and a very nice place to walk

Historic Houses

SAO still has some classic houses and buildings from beginning of the XXth Century.