A few kilometres outside the Bolivian city of Uyuni, rusting steam locomotives sit in the open desert with no railway station, passengers or timetable left to serve them. Their boilers are empty, wheels are frozen in place, and the metal has slowly surrendered to decades of wind, sun and neglect.
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| Rusting steam locomotives stand abandoned at the Uyuni Train Cemetery near the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia. |

