File:Salto del Soldado.jpg
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At this point , Rio Aconcagua cascades through a narrow gorge worn in the course of ages through the solid rocks. The near perpendicular walls are about 60 m high and the railway passes through a series of three short tunnels finally to emerge some 6 km further up the valley, and about 100 m higher, at Rio Blanco, 1420 m above sea level. Salto del Soldado is so called because it's said that, during the struggles for independence, a Chilean soldier being pursued by the Spanish army, escaped persecution by leaping on his horse across the chasm. I guess the chasm is about 9 m wide at the top so it's just about possible. Mind you, the landing must have been pretty perilous. There's a more spectacular view of the waterfall in this shot. At one time, trains on the Transandine Railway (Ferrocarril Trasandino) passed through the tunnel. You get a better view of the line from this shot. Both those photos are on the Turismo Ciudad Andes website. And there's an old photo of a train entering the tunnel from the other side here. It's from the website of El Ferrocarril Trasandino: Fotos históricas. There's also a c1905 photo of the waterfall here. The introduction to this set describes our drive along Ruta 60 from Los Andes to the frontier. It includes links to maps and historic photos. |
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| Source | Salto del Soldado, between Los Andes and Portillo |
| Author | Robert Cutts from Bristol, England, UK |
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