QUITO, Ecuador — As the four-car train rolls through the clouds and begins its descent of the Andes, Bette Bleeker has a practical concern. “I hope someone checked the brakes,” the Chicago resident ...

Belching clouds of black smoke from Riobamba to Sibambe, the antiquated locomotive hauled our six-car train past snow-capped volcanoes, across wide verdant valleys and through the rocky corridors of ...

Clients heading to Ecuador will now have the opportunity to explore the destination from a new perspective with the launch of the high-end tourism train, Tren Crucero, beginning June 4. The train ...

In 2008, only 10% of Ecuador's train network was operational. The flagship of the railway's $280 million renaissance, Tren Crucero operates a new cross-Andean service ...

Locals are indulging in sweet treats after watching the 11am changing of the guard, a ceremony overseen by President Rafael Correa from the balcony of Carondelet Palace. Correa is not without his ...

On one side all I can see is solid rock, on the other a thousand-foot drop into a thorny canyon. Normal cornering is impossible on a descent this steep, instead our diesel locomotive shunts forwards ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Francisco de Orellana, Ecuador – Ecuador, recently angered by an incursion of Colombian armed forces, has no problem with foreign troops as long as they are ...