In 2002, SAC Tinti, a small company dedicated to the protection and enhancement of the industrial heritage of Cusco and currently operates the "Tram Cusco ( http://www.tranviacusco.com/ ), acquired at auction Enafer, car No. 106. The car, built in 1886 in the Arsenal railway Arequipa, is made almost entirely of wood, and is perhaps the car's oldest existing railway in southern Peru. After eight years of several transfers and restoration work is also found under several layers of paint, original interior decorative painting (FRIS), a sign of being a special car and luxury.
The presentation of the restored car, parked in the historic alctualmente Qolqanpata site is scheduled for early December. Whereas the old streetcar coincidentally Cusco (Cusco Urban Railway) this year commemorates 100 years of its implementation, which will be used to present in the room of 106 an exhibition of photographs entitled "100 years of the tram Cusco 1910 - 2010.
should be noted, citing information from the Museum of Electricity, "In 1910 the capital of the Incas had a tram shuttle to blood, led by Antonio Velasco. The Urban Rail Cusco, as it was called, joined the remote railway station "Huanchaq" with the center of the city, with four cars pulled by mules. This circulated until 1936 and never have electric traction ( http://museoelectri.perucultural.org.pe/boletin2.htm )
Information and photos: Andrea Llosa - SAC Tinti
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