French
photographer Jean Marc Frybourg went to great lengths to capture these
incredible images of some of South America's most scenic rail routes in
Peru and Chile.
The
56-year-old from Paris, whose day job is in the pharmaceutical
industry, has an obsession with travel and photography, in particular
immortalising his favourite railways.
The photographs below feature trains mainly servicing mines as they weave through remarkable landscapes which are made accessible due to just as impressive engineering feats that make the viewer wonder how on earth they got a track there in the first place.
In one shot, two trains are perfectly aligned on a mountain side, which Frybourg says was thanks to the cooperation of the railway company while another is transporting tanks of sulphuric .
'I started taking photos when I was a boy,' he said. 'I have always taken photographs. I have begun "learning" photography and using serious cameras in 1972 when I was 11 or 12-years-old.'
His love of trains started with a model roads and went from there. 'I wanted to travel and see the trains. Since then, I have always preferred taking pictures of trains.'
Cutting it fine: Two trains positioned perfectly in shot at the Viso double switchback near Matucana, Peru
Dangerous business: Another angle on the
Ferronor train heading down the grade from the Potrerillos copper
smelter with sulfuric acid tanks
Flat-lining: This train headed for the Cerro de
Pasco copper mine passes through lagunas near the Chinchaycocha Lake at
Junin in PeruMountain way: The famous Puente Infiernillo is captured from above on the on the Ferrocar near San Mateo, Peru
Living dangerously: A driver navigates a heavy freight train on steep grades of the Andes
Blowing smoke: A Ferronor train
with a load of sulfuric acid tanks works its way down from the
Potrerillos plant going toward Llanta and Diego de Almagro in ChileRead more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2663582/Remarkable-railways-Trains-Peru-Chile-tunnel-mountains-teeter-cliff-edges.html#ixzz35GeWNOMU
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