Just had a short conversation with the steam operated Tourist Tren in Bogota, Colombia and they are wondering when rail tours will return. Also they have another train ride behind diesel from Santa Marita to Chiriguama available. This all on three foot gauge and they have 2-8-2's, 4-8-0s and 4-8-2's on the roster.

Just curious if many of you out there would be interested in a tour?

No idea at this time what costs could be? However I tought that I might throw this to see if I can get some idea if it is worth our time to work on this. This could be a Colombia and Ecuador combined tour. Ecuador is 42 inch gauge, but the systems are not connected.

Also drop a email if you are interested to tourdesk@wingsandrails.com so I can show my Wife how many might be interested. I have already gotten some feedback from postings at NGDF.

Dale Brown
http://www.wingsandrails.com

Just a little update. I am looking at about a 6 day tour with a extension to Ecuador. Dates to be determined. However it would be after June 2011 to be able to market and sell this tour. I am working on pinning down some better numbers for prices.

Flights from Miami take about 3-4 hours and there are about 5 major airlines to chose from. The tour would be all local transportation from Bogota and return to Bogota, no international air. The extension to Ecuador would include airfare to Guayaquil and take passengers to Quito by ground transportation.

I have had 5 responses from interested parties.

Dale Brown
www.wingsandrails.com
tourdesk@wingsandrails.com