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Putagán—Colbún railway

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On October 9, 1953, a serious accident occurred near Yerba Buena when a rural bus crashed into a train, leaving 22 people dead and many injured in one of Chile's worst train disasters ever.
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Since the early twentieth century plans were made to build a railroad that would connect local communities in the
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with the national rail network, especially the village of
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Index

EFE
Track gauge
600 mm
Legend
Putagán
Panimávida
Colbún
Derelict two-story building, formerly a train station
600 mm
narrow gauge railway
Yerba Buenas
Colbún
province of Linares
Chile
province of Linares
Panimávida
hot springs
Panimávida
Yerba Buenas
Railways of the Far South - A Chilote line
la estacion del tren (Spanish)
Recuerdo de una tragedia (Spanish)
Categories
600 mm gauge railways in Chile
Railway lines in Chile

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